Motion of the Rivera plate since 10 Ma relative to the Pacific and North American plates and the mantle

Tectonophysics

Volumn 318, Issue 1-4, 2000, Pages 119-159

  Demets, Charles ^a   Traylen, Stephen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Geodynamics; Jalisco block; Mathematician plate; Microplate; Rivera plate

Indexed keywords

CENOZOIC; GEODYNAMICS; PLATE MOTION; TECTONIC RECONSTRUCTION;

MEXICO;

EID: 0034629515     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0040-1951(99)00309-1     Document Type: Article

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