Anatomy of an exposed vertical salt weld and flanking strata, La Popa Basin, Mexico

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 363, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 33-57

  Rowan, Mark G ^a   Lawton, Timothy F ^b   Giles, Katherine A ^b  

^a Rowan Consulting Inc   (United States)

^b NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEFORMATION; DIAPIR; FOLDING; GYPSUM; SALT TECTONICS; STRATIGRAPHY; UNCONFORMITY; WALL ROCK;

LA POPA BASIN; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA];

EID: 84857406216     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/SP363.3     Document Type: Article

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