Geology of the basement below the decollement surface, Sierra de Catorce, San Luis Potosi, Mexico

Special Paper of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 340, Issue , 1999, Pages 211-227

  Franco Rubio, Miguel ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE CHIHUAHUA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBONATES; LITHOLOGY; SEDIMENTARY ROCKS;

FOLD-AND-THRUST BELTS; LATE CRETACEOUS; MARINE CARBONATE ROCK; OROGENIC BELTS; STRUCTURAL DISCONTINUITY; TECTONIC FEATURES; TRANSITIONAL BOUNDARIES; UPPER PALEOZOIC;

LANTHANUM;

BASEMENT ROCK; DECOLLEMENT; JURASSIC-CRETACEOUS BOUNDARY; LITHOSTRATIGRAPHY; METASEDIMENTARY ROCK; SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY;

MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; SAN LUIS POTOSI; SIERRA MADRE ORIENTAL; SIERRA MADRE [MEXICO];

EID: 84871011571     PISSN: 00721077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1130/0-8137-2340-X.211     Document Type: Article

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