Acatlán Complex, southern Mexico: Record spanning the assembly and breakup of Pangea

Geology

Volumn 34, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 857-860

  Nance, R Damian ^a   Miller, Brent V ^b   Keppie, J Duncan ^c   Murphy, J Brendan ^d   Dostal, Jaroslav ^e  

^a OHIO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^d ST FRANCIS XAVIER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^e SAINT MARY S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Acatl n Complex; Gulf of Mexico; Mexico; Paleo Pacific; Pangea; Rheic Ocean

Indexed keywords

MEXICO; PALEO-PACIFIC; RHEIC OCEAN; RIFT-PASSIVE MARGIN;

GEOCHEMISTRY; GEOCHRONOLOGY; LANDFORMS; TECTONICS;

STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

CONVERGENT MARGIN; EXHUMATION; GONDWANA; HISTORICAL RECORD; PANGAEA; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; SUBDUCTION; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; TECTONIC SETTING;

MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 33750088410     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: 00917613     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/G22642.1     Document Type: Article

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