Shallow crustal structure of the junction of the grabens of Chapala, Tepic-Zacoalco and Colima, Mexico

Geofisica Internacional

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 263-282

  Campos Enriquez J O ^a   Alatorre Zamora, M A ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GUADALAJARA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Jalisco Block; Limit; Shallow crustal structure; Sierra Madre Occidental; Tepic graben; Triple junction area

Indexed keywords

CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; GRABEN; GRAVITY SURVEY; TRIPLE JUNCTION;

MEXICO; SIERRA MADRE OCCIDENTAL;

EID: 18244431342     PISSN: 00167169     EISSN: 2954436X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

References (60)

1. ALATORRE-ZAMORA, M. A. and J. O. CAMPOS-ENRIQUEZ, 1991. La Primavera caldera (Mexico): structure inferred from gravity and hydrogeological considerations. Geophysics, 56, 992-1,002.
2. ALLAN, J. F., 1985. Sediment depth in the Northern Colima graben from 3-D interpretation of gravity. Geofís. Int., 24, 1, 21-31.
3. ALLAN, J. F., 1986. Geology of the Colima and Zacoalco grabens, SW Mexico: Late Cenozoic rifting in the Mexican Volcanic Belt. Geol. Soc. Amer. Bull., 97, 473-485.
4. ALLAN, J. F., S. A. NELSON, J. F. LUHR, I. S. E. CARMICHAEL, M. WOPAT and J. P. WALLACE, 1991. Pliocene-Recent rifting in SW Mexico and associated volcanism: an exotic terrain in the making. AAPG Memoir, 47, 425-445.
5. BANDY, W., 1992. Geological and geophysical investigations of the Rivera-Cocos Plate boundary: Implications for plate fragmentation, Ph. D. dissertation, Texas A and M University, 145 p.
6. BANDY, W. and T. W. C. HILDE, 1992. Southwest propagating rifting along the Rivera-Cocos plate boundary and related deformation within western Mexico. EOS, Trans. Am. Geophys. Un., 73, 508.
7. BANDY, W. L., C. A. MORTERA-GUTIERREZ and J. URRUTIA-FUCUGAUCHI, 1993, Gravity field of the southern Colima graben, Mexico. Geofís. Inter., 32, 561-567.
8. BANDY, W., V. KOSTOGLODOV, S. K. SINGH, M. PARDO, J. PACHECO and J. URRUTIA-FUCUGAUCHI, 1997. Implications of the October 1995 Colima-Jalisco, Mexico, earthquake on the Rivera-North America Euler vector. Geophys. Res. Lett., 24, 485-488.
9. BANDY, W., C. MORTERA-GUTIERREZ, J. URRUTIA-FUCUGAUCHI and T. W. C. HILDE, 1995. The subducted Rivera-Cocos plate boundary: where is it, what is it, and what is its relationship to the Colima rift. Geophys. Res. Lett., 22, 3,075-3,078.
10. BARRIER, E., J. BOURGOIS and F. MICHAUD, 1990. Le système de rifts actifs du point triple de Jalisco: vers un protogolfe de Jalisco. C. R. Acad. Sci. Paris, 310, 1,513-1,520.
11. BOURGOIS, J., V. RENARD, J. AUBOUIN, W. BANDY, E. BARRIER, T. CALMUS, J. C. CARPANTAN, J. GUERRERO, J. MAMMERICKX, B. MERCIER DE LEPINAY, F. MICHAUD and M. SOSSON, 1988. Fragmentation en cours du bord Ouest du continent Nord-Américain: Les frontières sousmarines du Bloc Jalisco (Mexique). Académie des Sciences Comptes Rendus, Paris, 307, 617-626.
12. BOURGOIS, J. and F. MICHAUD, 1991. Active fragmentation of the North American Plate at the Mexican triple junction area off Manzanillo. Geomarine Letters, 11, 59-65.
13. CAMERON, R. L., M. CAMERON and W. C. BAGBY, 1980. Petrogenesis of voluminous mid-Tertiary ignimbrites of the SMO. Mex. Contrib. Mineral. Petrol., 74, 271-284.
14. CAMPOS-ENRIQUEZ, J. O., 1986. Interpretación cuantitativa del vuelo aeromagnético regional del área de La Primavera-Planillas, Jalisco, Internal report 25/86, Comisión Federal de Electricidad, 45 pp.
15. CAMPOS-ENRIQUEZ, J. O., S. VENEGAS-SALGADO, S. SANCHEZ-REYES, A. NEGRETE-NEGRETE, D. J. MORAN-ZENTENO, H. DELGADO-GRANADOS and J. URRUTIA-FUCUGAUCHI, 1987, Paleomagnetic study of the Sierra La Primavera: Preliminary results. Geoth. Res. Council Trans., 11, 323-326.
16. CAMPOS-ENRIQUEZ, J. O., M. A. ARROYO-ESQUIVEL and J. URRUTIA-FUCUGAUCHI, 1990. Basement, Curie isotherm and shallow-crustal structure of the Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt, from aeromagnetic data. Tectonophysics, 172, 77-90.
17. DELGADO-GRANADOS, H., 1992. Importancia de los estudios estratigráficos en la FVT para la comprensión de su evolución y origen: el caso del grupo Chapala. GEOS, Bol., UGM, 12, 5, 13.
18. DELGADO-GRANADOS, H., 1993. Late Cenozoic tectonics off-shore western Mexico and its relation to the structure and volcanic activity in the western Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt. Geofís. Int., 32, 543-559.
19. DEMANT, A., 1978. Características del Eje Neovolcánico Transmexicano y sus problemas de interpretación. Revista Inst. Geol., UNAM, 2, 172-187.
20. DEMANT, A., 1979. Vulcanología y petrografí del sector Occidental del Eje Neovolcánico. Revista Inst. Geol., UNAM, 3, 11, 39-57.
21. DEMANT, A., 1981. L'axe néo-volcanique transmexicain. Etude volcanologique et pétrographique. Signification géodynamique. Thèse Doctorat d'Etat, Univ. Aix Marseille, 203 pp.
22. DeMETS, C. and S. STEIN, 1990. Present-day kinematics of the Rivera Plate and implications for tectonics in southwestern Mexico. J. Geophys. Res., 95, 21,931-21,948.
23. DETENAL, 1975. Mapas Geológico y Topográfico del Centro del Estado de Jalisco, esc. 1:250,000.
24. DOBRIN, M. B., 1960, Introduction to Geophysical Prospecting, McGraw-Hill, 457 p.
25. EISSLER, H. and K. MACNALLY, 1984. Seismicity and tectonics of the Rivera Plate and implication for the 1932 Jalisco, Mexico, earthquake. J. Geophys. Res., 89, 4,520-4,530.
26. FERRARI, L., G. PASQUARE, S. VENEGAS, D. CASTILLO and F. ROMERO, 1994. Regional tectonics of western Mexico and its implications for the northern boundary of the Jalisco Block. Geofís. Int., 33, 1, 139-151.
27. FERRARI, L. and J. G. ROSAS-ELGUERA, 1995. Late Miocene to Quaternary extension at the northern boundary of the Jalisco Block, Western Mexico: The Tepic-Zacoalco rift revised. Submitted to the GSA Special Paper.
28. GARDUÑO, V. H. and A. TIBALDI, 1991. Kinematic evolution of the continental active triple junction of the western MVB. C.R. Acad. Sci., Paris, 312, 135-142.
29. GARDUÑO-MONROY, V. H., J. SPINNLER and E. CERAGIOLI, 1993. Geological and structural study of the Chapala rift, State of Jalisco, Mexico. Geofís. Int., 32, 3, 487-499.
30. J. I. C. A., 1986. La Primavera geothermal development project in the United Mexican States: Interim Rep. No. 10, MPN, CR-(1), 86-123.
31. LANG, R. A. and I. S. E. CARMICHAEL, 1990. Hydrous basaltic andesites associated with minette and related lavas in western Mexico. J. Petr., 31, 1,225-1,259.
32. LUHR, J. F., S. A. NELSON, J. F. ALLAN and I. S. E. CARMICHAEL, 1985. Active rifting in south-western Mexico: manifestations of an incipient eastward spreading ridge jump. Geology, 13, 54-57.
33. LUHR, J. F., J. F. ALLAN, I. S. E. CARMICHAEL, S. A. NELSON and T. HASENAKA, 1989. Primitive calc-alkaline and alkaline rock types from the western Mexican Volcanic Belt. J. Geophys. Res., 94, 4,515-4,530.
34. MAILLOL, J. M., W. L. BANDY and J. ORTEGA-RAMIREZ, 1997. Paleomagnetism of Plio-Quaternary basalts in the Jalisco block, western Mexico. Geofís. Int., 36, 21-35.
35. MAILLOL, J. M. and W. L. BANDY, 1994. Paleomagnetism of the Talpa de Allende and Mascota grabens, western Mexico: A preliminary report. Geofís. Int., 33, 1, 153-160.
36. McDOWELL, F. W. and S. E. CLABAUGH, 1979. Ignimbrites of the Sierra Madre Occidental and their relation to the tectonic history of Western Mexico. Geol. Soc. Am. Bull., 180 (Sp. issue), 113-124.
37. MICHAUD, F., O. QUINTERO, E. BARRIER and J. BOURGOIS, 1991. La frontière Nord du Bloc Jalisco (Ouest Mexique): Localisation et évolution de 13 Ma à l'actuel. C.R. Acad. Sci. Paris, 312, II, 1,359-1,365.
38. MICHAUD, F., J. BOURGOIS and J. F. PARROT, 1992. Tectonic development of the Jalisco Triple Junction (Western Mexico). EOS Transac., A.G.U., 73, 306 (Abstract).
39. NIETO-OBREGON, J., J. URRUTIA-FUCUGAUCHI, E., CABRAL-CANO and A. GUZMAN DE LA CAMPA, 1992, Listric faulting and continental rifting in Western Mexico-A Paleomagnetic and structural study. Tectonophysics, 208, 365-376.
40. NIXON, G. T., 1982. The relationship between Quaternary volcanism in Central Mexico and the seismicity and structure of subducted ocean lithosphere. Geol. Soc. Am. Bull., 93, 514-523.
41. PARDO, M. and G. SUAREZ, 1993. Steep subduction geometry of the Rivera Plate beneath the Jalisco Block in Western Mexico. Geophys. Res. Letters, 20, 2,391-2,394.
42. PASQUARE, G. and A. ZANCHI, 1985. Cenozoic volcanism and tectonics in west-central Mexico. Rend. Accad. Naz. Lincci, 95, 293-301.
43. PASQUARE, G., F. FORCELLA, A. TIBALDI, L. VEZZOLI and A. ZANCHI, 1986. Structural behavior of a continental volcanic arc: the Mexican Volcanic Belt. In: F. C. WEZEL (Editor), The Origin of Arcs. Elsevier, Amsterdam, p. 509-527.
44. PASQUARE, G., V. H. GARDUÑO, A. TIBALDI and M. FERRARI, 1988. Stress pattern evolution in the central sector of the Mexican Volcanic Belt. Tectonophysics, 146, 353-364.
45. RICHTER, K. and I. S. E. CARMICHAEL, 1992. Hawaiites and related lavas in the Atenguillo graben, western Mexican Volcanic Belt. Geol. Soc. Am. Bull., 104, 1,592-1,607.
46. ROSAS-ELGUERA, J., L. FERRARI, V. H. GARDUNO-MONROY and J. URRUTIA FUCUGAUCHI, 1996. Continental boundaries of the Jalisco Block and their influence in the Pliocene-Quaternary kinematics of western Mexico. Geology, 24(10), 921-924.
47. ROSAS-ELGUERA, J., L. FERRARI, M. M. LOPEZ and J. URRUTIA-FUCUGAUCHI, 1997. Stratigraphy and tectonics of the Guadalajara region and triple-junction area, western Mexico. Int. Geol. Rev., 39, 125-140.
48. ROSAS-ELGUERA, J. and J. URRUTIA-FUCUGAUCHI. The tectonic control on the volcano-sedimentary sequence of the Chapala graben, western Mexico. Submitted to Int. Geol. Rev..
49. SERPA, L., S. SMITH, C. KATZ, C. SKIDMORE, R. SLOAN and T. PAVLIS, 1992. A geophysical investigation of the southern Jalisco Block in the State of Colima, Mexico. Geofís. Int., 31, 4, 475-492.
50. SINGH, S. K., L. PONCE and S. P. NISHENKO, 1985. The great Jalisco, Mexico, earthquake of 1932 and the Rivera subduction zone. Bull. Seism. Soc. Am., 75, 1,302-1,314.
51. SUAREZ, G., V. GARCIA-ACOSTA, T. MONFRET and R. GAULON, 1991. Evidence of active deformations of the Northern Colima graben in the western part of the MVB. EOS Transac., A.G.U., 72, 346 (Abstract).
52. TALWANI, M., J. M. WORZEL and M. LANDISMAN, 1959. Rapid gravity computations for two-dimensional bodies with application to the Mendocino Submarine Fracture Zone. J. Geophys. Res., 64, 49-59.
53. TELFORD, W. M., L. P. GELDART and R. E. SHERIFF, 1990, Applied Geophysics, Second Edition, Cambridge University Press, 770 p.
54. URRUTIA-FUCUGAUCHI, J., J. O. CAMPOS-ENRIQUEZ, A. RAMIREZ-NEGRETE, D. J. MORAN-ZENTENO, S. VENEGAS-SALGADO, S. SANCHEZ-REYES and H. DELGADO-GRANADOS, 1988, Paleomagnetismo y magnetoestratigrafía de la Sierra de La Primavera, Jalisco. Geofís. Int., 27, 395-414.
55. URRUTIA-FUCUGAUCHI, J. and R. S. MOLINA-GARZA, 1992, Gravity modelling of regional crustal and upper mantle structure of the Guerrero terrane-1. Colima graben and southern Sierra Madre Occidental, western Mexico. Geofís. Int., 31, 493-507.
56. URRUTIA-FUCUGAUCHI, J. and J. ROSAS-ELGUERA, 1994, Paleomagnetic study of the eastern sector of Chapala Lake and implications for the tectonics of west-central Mexico. Tectonophysics, 239, 61-71.
57. VENEGAS, S. S., F. J. J. HERRERA and F. R. MACIEL, 1985. Algunas características de la Faja Volcánica Mexicana y de sus recursos geotérmicos. Geofís. Int., 24, 47-81.
58. WALLACE, P., I. S. E. CARMICHAEL, K. RICHTER and T. A. BECKER, 1992. Volcanism and tectonism in western Mexico: A contrast of style and substance. Geology 20, 625-628.
59. WARD, S. H., 1990, Geotechnical and Environmental Geophysics, Volume I, Review and Tutorial, Society of Exploration Geophysicists, 385 p.
60. YOKOYAMA, I. and M. MENA, 1991. Structure of La Primavera Caldera, Jalisco, Mexico, deduced from gravity anomalies and drilling results. J. Volc. Geoth. Res., 47, 183-193.