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Fidelity of turbidites as earthquake records

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Turbidites record ground motion in the 2016 Kaikōura earthquake. Recent events are now revealing how turbidites record earthquakes, but turbidites are triggered in many ways, and testing if ancient turbidites are earthquake-triggered remains challenging.

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Fig. 1: Earthquake-triggered turbidites need to be distinguished reliably from turbidites triggered by other processes, which is complicated by a variety of issues.

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Talling, P.J. Fidelity of turbidites as earthquake records. Nat. Geosci. 14, 113–116 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41561-021-00707-2

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