Variation of Cenozoic extension and volcanism across the southern Sierra Madre Occidental volcanic province, Mexico

Bulletin of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 111, Issue 2-3, 1999, Pages 347-363

  Nieto Samaniego, Ángel F ^a   Ferrari, Luca ^a   Alaniz Alvarez, Susana A ^a   Labarthe Hernández, Guillermo ^b   Rosas Elguera, José ^c  

^a CENTRO DE FÍSICA APLICADA Y TECNOLOGÍA AVANZADA   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE SAN LUIS POTOSÍ   (Mexico)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GUADALAJARA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEOMORPHOLOGY; OFFSHORE OIL WELL PRODUCTION; PLATES (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS); STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; VOLCANOES;

CENOZOIC EXTENSION; EXTENSIONAL FAULTING; GULF OF CALIFORNIA; INTERNAL STRUCTURE; MAGMATIC EVOLUTION; SILICIC VOLCANISM; STRUCTURAL WORKS; SUBDUCTION RATES;

TECTONICS;

CENOZOIC; EXTENSIONAL TECTONICS; SUBDUCTION ZONE; VOLCANISM;

MEXICO; SIERRA MADRE OCCIDENTAL;

EID: 0033042332     PISSN: 00167606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/0016-7606(1999)111<0347:voceav>2.3.co;2     Document Type: Article

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