Fractured clasts in the Mt Currie Conglomerate at Kata Tjuta (Central Australia): evidence of Early Cambrian earthquakes? | Zendy

Antek K. Tokarski | Zendy; Piotr Jan Strzelecki | Zendy

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Fractured clasts in the Mt Currie Conglomerate at Kata Tjuta (Central Australia): evidence of Early Cambrian earthquakes?

Author(s) -

Antek K. Tokarski,

Piotr Jan Strzelecki

Publication year - 2020

Publication title -

geology geophysics and environment

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

eISSN - 2353-0790

pISSN - 2299-8004

DOI - 10.7494/geol.2020.46.1.29

Subject(s) - conglomerate , clastic rock , geology , paleozoic , seismology , tectonics , deformation (meteorology) , paleontology , sedimentary rock , oceanography

Lower Cambrian Mt Currie conglomerate at Kata Tjuta bornhardts (Central Australia) bears numerous fractured clasts. Clast-cutting fractures are restricted to particular clasts, the matrix of the conglomerate is not fractured. The fractures are tectonic joints of two sets. The joints were formed due to either seismic or aseismic deformation. In the former case, the fractures may result from Early Paleozoic earthquakes.

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