Large Neogene subsidence event along the Middle America Trench off Mexico (18°-19°N): Evidence from submersible observations

Geology

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 387-390

  Mercier de Lepinay B ^a   Michaud, F ^b   Calmus, T ^c   Bourgois, J ^a   Poupeau, G ^d   Saint Marc, P ^b   Bandy, W ^e   Castrec, M ^f   Guerrero Garcia, J ^e   Sosson, M ^b   Villeneuve, M ^b   Rinaldi, C ^g  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE NICE SOPHIA ANTIPOLIS   (France)

^c UNIVERSIDAD DE SONORA   (Mexico)

^d UNIV GRENOBLE ALPES   (France)

^e UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^f SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^g UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FISSION REACTIONS; SUBMARINE GEOLOGY;

FISSION TRACK; MARINE SEDIMENTS; MIDDLE AMERICA TRENCHES; PALEOCENE; PLUTONIC ROCKS; RAPID COOLING; SUBDUCTION EROSION; UPPER MIOCENE;

SUBSIDENCE;

EROSION; MARINE SEDIMENT; NEOGENE; PLUTONIC ROCK; SUBDUCTION; SUBSIDENCE; UNCONFORMITY; TRENCHES;

MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; MIDDLE AMERICA TRENCH; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC;

EID: 0030772466     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/0091-7613(1997)025<0387:LNSEAT>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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