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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Main Author: Le Roux,Jacobus P
Language:English
Published: Servicio Nacional de Geología y Minería (SERNAGEOMIN) 2015
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0718-71062015000100008
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