Tectonic Implications of Alternative Cenozoic Reconstructions for Southern Mexico and the Chortis Block

International Geology Review

Volumn 47, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 473-491

  Keppie, J Duncan ^a   Morán Zenteno, Dante J ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EOCENE; TECTONIC EVOLUTION;

MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; NORTH AMERICA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 18844389799     PISSN: 00206814     EISSN: 19382839     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2747/0020-6814.47.5.473     Document Type: Article

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