Active fault systems and tectono-topographic configuration of the central Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt

Geomorphology

Volumn 61, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 111-126

  Szynkaruk, Ewa ^a   Graduno Monroy, Víctor Hugo ^b   Bocco, Gerardo ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSIDAD MICHOACANA DE SAN NICOLÁS DE HIDALGO   (Mexico)

^c INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES EN ECOSISTEMAS Y SUSTENTABILIDAD   (Mexico)

^d Instituto Nacional de Ecologia   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Active faults; Morelia Acambay fault system; Morphostructure; Trans Mexican Volcanic Belt

Indexed keywords

FAULT ZONE; FLUVIAL GEOMORPHOLOGY; GEOMORPHOLOGICAL RESPONSE; NEOTECTONICS; TECTONIC SETTING; VOLCANISM;

MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; NORTH AMERICA; TRANS-MEXICAN VOLCANIC BELT;

EID: 2942556730     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2003.10.006     Document Type: Article

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