Tectonic implications of early Miocene extensional unroofing of the Sierra Mazatán metamorphic core complex, Sonora, Mexico

Geology

Volumn 31, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 953-956

  Wong, Martin S ^a   Gans, Phillip B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Ar Ar; Detachment faults; Extension; Metamorphic core complexes; Thermochronology

Indexed keywords

CORE COMPLEXES;

GEOCHRONOLOGY; METAMORPHIC ROCKS; TECTONICS;

GEOPHYSICS;

DETACHMENT FAULT; EXTENSIONAL TECTONICS; MIOCENE; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; THERMOCHRONOLOGY;

MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; NORTH AMERICA; SONORA;

EID: 0346403146     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/G19843.1     Document Type: Article

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