Structural pattern at the northwestern sector of the Tepic-Zacoalco rift and tectonic implications for the Jalisco block, western Mexico

Earth, Planets and Space

Volumn 58, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 1303-1308

  Urrutia Fucugauchi, Jaime ^a   González Morán, Tomás ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Aeromagnetic anomalies; Jalisco block; Mexico; Tectonics; Tepic Zacoalco rift

Indexed keywords

LINEAMENT; MAGNETIC ANOMALY; NORMAL FAULT; PLIOCENE; QUATERNARY; RIFT ZONE; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; TECTONICS;

BANDERAS BAY; JALISCO BLOCK; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; NORTH AMERICA; PACIFIC COAST [MEXICO]; PACIFIC COAST [NORTH AMERICA]; SIERRA MADRE; SIERRA MADRE OCCIDENTAL;

AMECA;

EID: 33846037451     PISSN: 13438832     EISSN: 18805981     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/BF03352625     Document Type: Article

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