Cenozoic volcanism and tectonics of the continental margins of the Upper Delfín basin, northeastern Baja California and western Sonora

Special Paper of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 374, Issue , 2003, Pages 421-438

  Oskin, Michael ^a   Stock, Joann ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Continental margin; Gulf of California; Rifting; Volcanism

Indexed keywords

FAULTING; PLATES (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS); STRATIGRAPHY;

CENOZOIC VOLCANISM; CONTINENTAL MARGIN; GULF OF CALIFORNIA; MARINE SEDIMENTATION; NORTH AMERICAN PLATES; PACIFIC-NORTH AMERICA; RIFTING; VOLCANISM;

VOLCANOES;

BASIN EVOLUTION; CENOZOIC; MAGMATISM; MIOCENE; PLATE MOTION; RHYOLITE; RIFTING; SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY; TECTONICS; VOLCANISM;

BAJA CALIFORNIA [(STT) MEXICO]; GULF OF CALIFORNIA; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; PACIFIC OCEAN; SAN FELIPE [BAJA CALIFORNIA]; SONORA;

EID: 84870919831     PISSN: 00721077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1130/0-8137-2374-4.421     Document Type: Article

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