Plate interactions control middle-late Miocene, proto-Gulf and Basin and Range extension in the southern Basin and Range

Tectonophysics

Volumn 318, Issue 1-4, 2000, Pages 1-26

  Henry, Christopher D ^a   Aranda Gomez, J Jorge ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

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

Author keywords

Basin and Range; Cenozoic; Gulf of California; Magmatism; Mexico; Tectonics

Indexed keywords

MAGMATISM; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; TECTONIC RECONSTRUCTION; TECTONICS;

MEXICO;

EID: 0034629180     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0040-1951(99)00304-2     Document Type: Conference Paper

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