Thermal evolution of a sheared continental margin: Insights from the Ballenas transform in Baja California, Mexico

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 285, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 61-74

  Seiler, Christian ^a   Gleadow, Andrew J W ^a   Fletcher, John M ^b   Kohn, Barry P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIÓN CIENTÍFICA Y DE EDUCACIÓN SUPERIOR DE ENSENADA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Ballenas transform; Gulf of California; hydrothermal; low temperature thermochronology; reheating; transform continental margin

Indexed keywords

BALLENAS TRANSFORM; GULF OF CALIFORNIA; HYDROTHERMAL; LOW-TEMPERATURE THERMOCHRONOLOGY; REHEATING; TRANSFORM CONTINENTAL MARGIN;

FISSION REACTIONS; HELIUM; INDUSTRIAL HEATING; LANDFORMS; LEAKAGE (FLUID); PHOSPHATE MINERALS;

TECTONICS;

APATITE; CONTINENTAL MARGIN; FISSION TRACK DATING; HEAT FLOW; HEAT SOURCE; HYDROTHERMAL ACTIVITY; PALEOTEMPERATURE; PLEISTOCENE; PLIOCENE; SHEAR ZONE; SPREADING CENTER; THERMAL EVOLUTION; THERMOCHRONOLOGY; TRANSFORM FAULT; UNCONFORMITY;

BAJA CALIFORNIA [(STT) MEXICO]; GULF OF CALIFORNIA; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; NORTH AMERICA; PACIFIC OCEAN;

CALLUNA VULGARIS;

EID: 67650586985     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2009.05.043     Document Type: Article

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