Structure and emplacement history of a multiple-center, cone-sheet-bearing ring complex: The Zarza intrusive complex, Baja California, Mexico

Bulletin of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 111, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 607-619

  Johnson, S E ^a,b   Paterson, S R ^c   Tate, M C ^a  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIÓN CIENTÍFICA Y DE EDUCACIÓN SUPERIOR DE ENSENADA   (Mexico)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BAJA CALIFORNIA; BAROMETRY; BEARING RINGS; DUCTILE DEFORMATIONS; DYNAMIC EVOLUTION; FAULT KINEMATICS; MAGMA CHAMBER; MULTIPLE CENTERS;

GEOLOGY;

CONE SHEET; IGNEOUS INTRUSION; RING COMPLEX;

BAJA CALIFORNIA; MEXICO; ZARZA COMPLEX;

EID: 0032790658     PISSN: 00167606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/0016-7606(1999)111<0607:SAEHOA>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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