A critical examination of evidence used to re-interpret the Hornitos mega-breccia as a mass-flow deposit caused by cliff failure
The mega-breccia at Homitos, northern Chile, was recently re-interpreted as a mass flow deposit caused by cliff failure, without any link to a tsunami backwash or the Eltanin meteorite impact at 2.5 Ma. While agreeing with the latter in the light of new microbiological data, it is here argued that m...
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Autor principal: | Le Roux,Jacobus P |
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Lenguaje: | English |
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Servicio Nacional de Geología y Minería (SERNAGEOMIN)
2015
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