New constraints on timing of Hidalgoan (Laramide) deformation in the Parras and La Popa basins, NE Mexico

Boletin de la Sociedad Geologica Mexicana

Volumn 63, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 333-343

  Gray, Gary G ^a   Lawton, Timothy F ^b  

^a EXXONMOBIL UPSTREAM RESEARCH COMPANY   (United States)

^b NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Hidalgoan orogeny; La popa basin; Laramide orogeny; Mexico; Parras basin; Sierra madre oriental

Indexed keywords

EID: 80052162299     PISSN: 14053322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.18268/BSGM2011v63n2a13     Document Type: Article

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