Four phases of Mesozoic deformation in the Sierra de San Andres ophiolite, Vizcaíno Peninsula, west-central Baja California, México

Special Paper of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 374, Issue , 2003, Pages 73-92

  Sedlock, Richard L ^a  

^a SAN JOSE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Baja California; Extension; Ophiolite; Vizca no Peninsula

Indexed keywords

DEFORMATION; FAULTING;

BAJA CALIFORNIA; CURRENT DISTRIBUTION; EXTENSION; FOREARC EXTENSION; NORTH AMERICAN PLATES; OCEANIC LITHOSPHERE; OPHIOLITE; SUPRASUBDUCTION ZONE;

PLATES (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS);

CRETACEOUS; DEFORMATION; FAULT ZONE; FOREARC BASIN; LITHOSPHERE; MESOZOIC; OCEANIC LITHOSPHERE; OPHIOLITE; SUBDUCTION ZONE; TECTONIC PLATE;

BAJA CALIFORNIA SUR; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; VIZCAINO DESERT;

EID: 84870929952     PISSN: 00721077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1130/0-8137-2374-4.73     Document Type: Article

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