Seismogenic basin and range and intra-arc normal faulting in the central Mexican Volcanic Belt, Querétaro, México

Geological Journal

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 215-243

  Aguirre Díaz, Gerardo J ^a   Nieto Obregón, Jorge ^a   Zúniga, F Ramón ^a  

^a CENTRO DE FÍSICA APLICADA Y TECNOLOGÍA AVANZADA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Basin and Range province; Central Mexico; Mexican Volcanic Belt; Normal faulting; Seismicity; Tectonics

Indexed keywords

FAULTING; GRABEN; SEISMICITY; VOLCANISM;

MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; NORTH AMERICA; QUERETARO; TRANS-MEXICAN VOLCANIC BELT; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 17844399009     PISSN: 00721050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/gj.1004     Document Type: Article

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