Pacific-North America plate motion and opening of the Upper Delfín basin, northern Gulf of California, Mexico

Bulletin of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 115, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 1173-1190

  Oskin, Michael ^a   Stock, Joann ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Gulf of California; Ignimbrite; Mexico; Palinspastic restoration; Plate motion; Rifting

Indexed keywords

PLATE MOTION;

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; CATCHMENTS; DATA REDUCTION; TECTONICS;

GEOLOGY;

IGNIMBRITE; PLATE BOUNDARY; PLATE MOTION; RIFTING; TECTONIC RECONSTRUCTION;

MEXICO;

EID: 0242574611     PISSN: 00167606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/B25154.1     Document Type: Article

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