POST MIDDLE-PLEISTOCENE TECTONIC SURFACE RUPTURES IN THE AQUITAIN BASIN

Authors
CARBON D COMBES P CUSHING M GRANIER T GRELLET B
Citation
D. Carbon et al., POST MIDDLE-PLEISTOCENE TECTONIC SURFACE RUPTURES IN THE AQUITAIN BASIN, Comptes rendus de l'Academie des sciences. Serie II. Mecanique, physique, chimie, astronomie, 320(4), 1995, pp. 311-317
Citations number
11
Categorie Soggetti
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Journal title
Comptes rendus de l'Academie des sciences. Serie II. Mecanique, physique, chimie, astronomie → ACNP
ISSN journal
12518069
Volume
320
Issue
4
Year of publication
1995
Part
2
Pages
311 - 317
Database
ISI
SICI code
1251-8069(1995)320:4<311:PMTSRI>2.0.ZU;2-Q
Abstract
Field work on palaeoseismicity was carried out within the Aquitain bas in (France). This structural study of cross-section led to the discove ry of tectonic surface ruptures in a middle Pleistocene alluvial terra ce of the River Adour. The origin of this deformation is probably seis mic. The presence of these surface ruptures shows the likely evidence of a great palaeoearthquake, in an area where the historical and instr umental seismicity is very weak or absent. These observations are fitt ed into the regional tectonic framework.