Falla Quitovac - Resultado de un evento de transpresión del "Mojave-Sonora megashear", noroeste de Sonora, México

Revista Mexicana de Ciencias Geologicas

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 140-151

  Caudillo Sosa, Gerardo ^a   Oviedo Lucero, Luis Fernando ^a   Rodríguez Castañeda, José Luis ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE SONORA   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Mexico; Mojave Sonora megashear; Sonora; Tectonics

Indexed keywords

EID: 0042442687     PISSN: 10268774     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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