Arc plutonism in a transtensional regime: The late Palaeozoic Totoltepec pluton, Acatlán Complex, southern Mexico

International Geology Review

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 263-286

  Kirsch, Moritz ^a   Keppie, J Duncan ^a   Murphy, J Brendan ^b   Lee, James K W ^c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^b ST FRANCIS XAVIER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Acatl n Complex; Emplacement; Magmatic arc; Mexico; Pangaea; Syntectonic pluton emplacement; Transtension

Indexed keywords

BACKARC BASIN; CARBONIFEROUS; EMPLACEMENT; EXHUMATION; EXTENSIONAL TECTONICS; MAGMATISM; NORMAL FAULT; OBLIQUITY; PANGAEA; PERMIAN; PLUTONISM; TECTONIC SETTING; THRUST FAULT; TRANSTENSION; UPLIFT;

ACATLAN COMPLEX; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA];

EID: 84867387901     PISSN: 00206814     EISSN: 19382839     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00206814.2012.693247     Document Type: Review

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