Tectonic controls on lake distribution in the Jalisco block area (western Mexico) from Pliocene to present

Special Paper of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 334, Issue , 2000, Pages 99-110

  Michaud, François ^a   Gasse, Françoise ^b   Bourgois, Jacques ^c   Quintero, Odranoel ^d  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE NICE SOPHIA ANTIPOLIS   (France)

^b CEREGE   (France)

^c SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^d UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LAKES; STRATIGRAPHY;

DIATOM ASSEMBLAGE; GULF OF CALIFORNIA; LACUSTRINE SEDIMENTS; LATE MIOCENE; TECTONIC CONTROL; TRANS-MEXICAN VOLCANIC BELT; TRIPLE JUNCTION; WATER DEPTH;

TECTONICS;

BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; DIATOM; FOSSIL ASSEMBLAGE; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; MICROPALEONTOLOGY; MIOCENE; OUTCROP; PLIOCENE; TECTONIC SETTING; WATER DEPTH;

GULF OF CALIFORNIA; JALISCO BLOCK; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; PACIFIC OCEAN; TRANS-MEXICAN VOLCANIC BELT;

EID: 33745630501     PISSN: 00721077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1130/0-8137-2334-5.99     Document Type: Article

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