The San Marcos fault: A Jurassic multireactivated basement structure in northeastern México

Special Paper of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 422, Issue , 2007, Pages 261-286

  Chávez Cabello, Gabriel ^a,b   Aranda Gómez, José Jorge ^c,d   Molina Garza, Roberto S ^a   Cossío Torres, Tomás ^b   Arvizu Gutiérrez, Irving R ^a   González Naranjo, Gildardo A ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE NUEVO LEÓN   (Mexico)

^c INSTITUTO POTOSINO DE INVESTIGACIÓN CIENTÍFICA Y TECNOLÓGICA   (Mexico)

^d CENTRO DE GEOCIENCIAS   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Coahuila fold belt; Coahuila.; Sabinas basin; San Marcos fault

Indexed keywords

BUILDINGS; STRATIGRAPHY; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; VOLCANOES;

BASEMENT STRUCTURES; COAHUILA; DIFFERENT STRUCTURE; FOLD BELTS; REGIONAL STRUCTURE; SABINAS BASIN; STRATIGRAPHIC SEQUENCES; STRUCTURAL EVIDENCE;

FAULT SLIPS;

BASIN EVOLUTION; FOLD BELT; JURASSIC; PALEOGENE; REACTIVATION; REVERSE FAULT; UPLIFT; VALLEY;

CHIHUAHUA; COAHUILA; GUATEMALA [CENTRAL AMERICA]; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; SAN MARCOS [GUATEMALA];

EID: 62749145278     PISSN: 00721077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1130/2007.2422(08)     Document Type: Article

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