Guayape-Papalutla fault system: A continuous Cretaceous structure from southern Mexico to the Chortís block? Tectonic implications

Geology

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 75-78

  Silva Romo, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Caribbean plate; Cretaceous; Faults; Honduras; Mexico; Paleogeography

Indexed keywords

CARRIBEAN PLATE; HONDURAS; MEXICO; TRANSGRESSION;

GEOCHRONOLOGY; SEDIMENTATION; SEDIMENTOLOGY; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

TECTONICS;

BASIN EVOLUTION; CARIBBEAN PLATE; CRETACEOUS; DISPLACEMENT; FAULT; NORTH AMERICAN PLATE; PALEOGEOGRAPHY; PLATE BOUNDARY; SEDIMENTATION; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; TRANSPRESSION;

CENTRAL AMERICA; GUERRERO TERRANE; HONDURAS; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; MORELOS; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 38349038514     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: 00917613     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/G24032A.1     Document Type: Article

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