Palaeozoic structures in the Xayacatlan area, Acatlan Complex, southern Mexico: Transtensional rift- and subduction-related deformation along the margin of Oaxaquia

International Geology Review

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 279-303

  Morales Gamez, Miguel ^a   Duncan Keppie, J ^a   Lee, James K W ^b   Ortega Rivera, Amabel ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^b QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Acatlan Complex; Geochronology; Mexico; Oaxaquia; Structure

Indexed keywords

AUTOCHTHON; DEFORMATION; DIKE SWARM; GEOCHRONOLOGY; IAPETUS OCEAN; IGNEOUS INTRUSION; MAPPING METHOD; MISSISSIPPIAN; ORDOVICIAN; PERMIAN; SILURIAN; SUBDUCTION; THRUST; TRANSTENSION;

ACATLAN COMPLEX; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA];

EID: 75449084741     PISSN: 00206814     EISSN: 19382839     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00206810802688659     Document Type: Article

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