Middle Miocene extension in the Gulf Extensional Province, Baja California: Evidence from the southern Sierra Juarez

Bulletin of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 108, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 505-525

  Lee, Jeffrey ^a   Meghan Miller, M ^a   Crippen, Robert ^b   Hacker, Bradley ^c   Vazquez, Jorge Ledesma ^d  

^a CENTRAL WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE BAJA CALIFORNIA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BASALT; DEPOSITS; GEOCHRONOLOGY; OFFSHORE OIL WELL PRODUCTION; PLATES (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS); SEDIMENTARY ROCKS; STRIKE-SLIP FAULTS; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; VOLCANOES;

ACCOMMODATION ZONE; GULF OF CALIFORNIA; PENINSULAR RANGES BATHOLITH; PLATE RECONSTRUCTION; PYROCLASTIC DEPOSITS; SEAFLOOR SPREADING; STRIKE-SLIP COMPONENT; STRUCTURAL STUDIES; BAJA CALIFORNIA; BASALTIC ROCKS; FAULTING EVENTS; SECOND GENERATION; VOLCANIC DEPOSITS;

FAULT SLIPS;

BASALT; CRETACEOUS; DACITE; EXTENSION; EXTENSIONAL TECTONICS; FAULTING; GEOCHRONOLOGY; MIOCENE; PLATE BOUNDARY; PLATE MOTION; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; TRANSTENSION;

CALIFORNIA; CHIHUAHUA [MEXICO]; COAST RANGES; GULF OF CALIFORNIA; JUAREZ; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; PACIFIC OCEAN; PENINSULAR RANGES; UNITED STATES; BAJA CALIFORNIA; MEXICO; SIERRA JUAREZ;

EID: 0029731365     PISSN: 00167606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/0016-7606(1996)108<0505:MMEITG>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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