Structure and kinematic history of the Acatlán complex in the Nuevos Horizontes - San Bernardo region, Puebla

Geofisica Internacional

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 63-76

  Weber, Bodo ^a   Meschede, Martin ^b   Ratschbacher, Lothar ^c   Frisch, Wolfgang ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Acatl n Complex; Deformation analysis; Southern Mexico; Structural geology; Tectonics

Indexed keywords

DEFORMATION; METAMORPHISM; PALAEOZOIC; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

MEXICO, PUEBLA STATE;

EID: 0030807840     PISSN: 00167169     EISSN: 2954436X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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