Active tectonics of the Loreto area, Baja California Sur, Mexico

Geomorphology

Volumn 27, Issue 3-4, 1999, Pages 243-255

  Mayer, Larry ^a   Vincent, Kirk R ^b  

^a MIAMI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b University of Arizona   (United States)

Author keywords

Active tectonics; Faulting; Geomorphology; Marine terraces; Rifting

Indexed keywords

FAULTING; GEOMORPHOLOGY; NEOTECTONICS; REGIONAL GEOLOGY; RIFTING;

MEXICO;

EID: 0033394763     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-555X(98)00074-9     Document Type: Article

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