Interrelationship of sedimentary and volcanic deposits associated with Tertiary extension in Sonora, Mexico

Bulletin of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 109, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 1349-1360

  McDowell, Fred W ^a   Roldán Quintana, Jaime ^b   Amaya Martínez, Ricardo ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^c UNIVERSIDAD DE SONORA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BASALT; DEPOSITS; DOMES; FAULTING; POTASSIUM COMPOUNDS; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SILICA; STRATIGRAPHY; VOLCANOES;

BASALTIC ANDESITE; BASALTIC LAVA FLOW; CONVERGENT MARGIN; GEOGRAPHIC PATTERN; GULF OF CALIFORNIA; SEDIMENTARY DEPOSITS; SEDIMENTARY STRATA; VOLCANIC DEPOSITS;

SEDIMENTARY ROCKS;

ANDESITE; BASALT; CLASTIC SEDIMENT; CONGLOMERATE; CONVERGENT MARGIN; IGNIMBRITE; LAVA; LAVA DOME; MAFIC ROCK; MAGMATIC DIFFERENTIATION; SANDSTONE; SEDIMENTARY ROCK; VOLCANIC LANDFORM; EXTENSION; SEDIMENTARY DEPOSITS; TERTIARY; VOLCANIC ROCKS;

MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; SONORA; MEXICO;

EID: 0031395924     PISSN: 00167606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/0016-7606(1997)109<1349:IOSAVD>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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