A new reconstruction of the Paleozoic continental margin of southwestern North America: Implications for the nature and timing of continental truncation and the possible role of the Mojave-Sonora megashear

Special Paper of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 393, Issue , 2005, Pages 597-618

  Stevens, Calvin H ^a   Stone, Paul ^b   Miller, Jonathan S ^a  

^a SAN JOSE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Continental truncation; Mojave sonora megashear; Paleogeography; Paleozoic; Southwestern North America

Indexed keywords

PETROLOGY; SEDIMENTARY ROCKS; SEDIMENTOLOGY; TIMING CIRCUITS; TRANSFORM FAULTS;

CONTINENTAL TRUNCATION; MOJAVE-SONORA MEGASHEAR; PALEOGEOGRAPHY; PALEOZOIC; SOUTHWESTERN NORTH AMERICA;

STRIKE-SLIP FAULTS;

CONTINENTAL SHELF; DEVONIAN; FACIES; FAULT ZONE; PALEOGEOGRAPHY; PENNSYLVANIAN; PERMIAN; RECONSTRUCTION; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT; TRIASSIC;

MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; MOJAVE DESERT; NEVADA; SONORA; UNITED STATES;

ANTHOZOA;

EID: 73849085778     PISSN: 00721077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1130/0-8137-2393-0.597     Document Type: Article

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