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Effect of Earthquakes on Deep-sea Sediments

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It is suggested that sediments filling the oceanic trenches and transform faults suffer periodic liquefaction by earthquakes. Such a phenomenon could explain the presence of undeformed turbidite beds in highly tectonic zones and make them an ideal site for toxic waste disposal.

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FRANCIS, T. Effect of Earthquakes on Deep-sea Sediments. Nature 233, 98–102 (1971). https://doi.org/10.1038/233098a0

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