Counterclockwise rotation of the michoacan block: Implications for the tectonics of Western Mexico

International Geology Review

Volumn 45, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 814-826

  Rosas Elguera, Joséé ^a   Alva Valdivia, Luis M ^b   Goguitchaichvili, Avto ^b   Urrutia Fucugauchi, Jaime ^b   Ortega Rivera, Maria Amabel ^c   Prieto, Juan Carlos Salinas ^d   Lee, James K W ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUADALAJARA   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^c CENTRO DE GEOCIENCIAS   (Mexico)

^d Consejo de Recursos Minerales ^*  (Mexico)

^e QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONVERGENT MARGIN; OLIGOCENE; PALEOMAGNETISM; PLATE TECTONICS; RADIOMETRIC SURVEY; SUBDUCTION ZONE; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; TECTONIC ROTATION;

(WEST); MEXICO;

EID: 0242338525     PISSN: 00206814     EISSN: 19382839     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2747/0020-6814.45.9.814     Document Type: Article

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