Stratigraphy and Mesozoic-Cenozoic tectonic history of northern Sierra Los Ajos and adjacent areas, Sonora, Mexico

Journal of South American Earth Sciences

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 557-571

  Page, William R ^a   Gray, Floyd ^a   Iriondo, Alexander ^b   Miggins, Daniel ^a   Blodgett, Robert B ^a   Maldonado, Florian ^a   Miller, Robert J ^c  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^c U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cabullona basin; Laramide orogeny; Mesozoic Cenozoic Tectonics; Paleozoic rocks; Sierra Los Ajos; Sonora; Upper Cretaceous rocks

Indexed keywords

CENOZOIC; DEPOSITIONAL SEQUENCE; FAULT ZONE; LARAMIDE OROGENY; MESOZOIC; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; TECTONOSTRATIGRAPHY; UPLIFT;

MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; SIERRA DE LOS AJOS; SONORA;

EID: 77951765537     PISSN: 08959811     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsames.2009.11.008     Document Type: Article

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