Sandstone provenance of the arperos basin (Sierra de Guanajuato, central Mexico): Late Jurassic-Early cretaceous back-arc spreading as the foundation of the Guerrero terrane

Journal of Geology

Volumn 119, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 597-617

  Martini, Michelangelo ^a   Mori, Laura ^a   Solari, Luigi ^b   Centeno García, Elena ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^b CENTRO DE GEOCIENCIAS   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACKARC BASIN; CLASTIC ROCK; GEOCHRONOLOGY; GEOLOGICAL MAPPING; JURASSIC-CRETACEOUS BOUNDARY; PALEOGEOGRAPHY; PROVENANCE; SANDSTONE; SEDIMENTOLOGY; STRATIGRAPHY; TERRANE; URANIUM-LEAD DATING;

GUANAJUATO; GUERRERO TERRANE; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA];

EID: 80054093728     PISSN: 00221376     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/661989     Document Type: Article

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