Active continental rifting in southern Baja California Mexico: Implications for plate motion partitioning and the transition to seafloor spreading in the Gulf of California

Tectonics

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 1107-1123

  Fletcher, J M ^a   Munguia, L ^a  

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTINENTAL DRIFT; EARTHQUAKE EPICENTER; FAULT ZONE; NEOGENE; PLATE MOTION; SEAFLOOR SPREADING; SEISMICITY;

BAJA CALIFORNIA SUR STATE; MEXICO;

EID: 0034453215     PISSN: 02787407     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999TC001131     Document Type: Article

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