Neogene structural evolution of the Sierra San Felipe, Baja California: Evidence for proto-gulf transtension in the Gulf Extensional Province?

Tectonophysics

Volumn 488, Issue 1-4, 2010, Pages 87-109

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

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

^c UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Baja California; Extensional tectonics; Gulf Extensional Province; Paleostress; Proto gulf; Transtension

Indexed keywords

ACCOMMODATION ZONE; CALIFORNIA; COMPLEX DEFORMATION; DEFORMATION HISTORY; DETACHMENT FAULT; DISPLACEMENT GRADIENTS; EXTENSIONAL TECTONICS; FAULT ARRAYS; FAULT KINEMATICS; FAULT PLANES; FAULT SYSTEM; GULF OF CALIFORNIA; INTEGRAL PART; LATE MIOCENE; MIDDLE MIOCENE; MIOCENE; NEO GENES; NORMAL FAULTS; NORTH AMERICAN; PALEO-STRESS; PLATE MOTIONS; PLIOCENE; SINGLE PHASE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; STRIKE SLIP FAULTING; STRUCTURAL EVOLUTION; TRANSFER FAULTS; TRANSTENSION; TRANSTENSIONAL STRESS REGIME;

DEFORMATION; PLATES (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS); ROTATION; SEDIMENTARY ROCKS; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; STRATIGRAPHY; VOLCANIC ROCKS;

TECTONICS;

BLOCK ROTATION; DEFORMATION; DETACHMENT FAULT; EXTENSIONAL TECTONICS; FAULT PLANE; FOLDING; GRABEN; HANGING WALL; NEOGENE; NORMAL FAULT; NORTH AMERICAN PLATE; PACIFIC PLATE; PALEOSTRESS; RIFTING; STRATIGRAPHIC CORRELATION; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; TRANSTENSION;

BAJA CALIFORNIA [(PNN) MEXICO]; GUATEMALA [CENTRAL AMERICA]; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; SANTA ROSA;

EID: 77953811635     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tecto.2009.09.026     Document Type: Article

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