The Late Cretaceous fold-thrust belt in the Peña de Bernal-Tamazunchale area and its possible relationship to the accretion of the Guerrero Terrane

GSA Field Guides

Volumn 25, Issue , 2012, Pages 19-38

  Martini, Michelangelo ^a   Fitz, Elisa ^b   Solari, Luigi ^c   Camprubi, Antoni ^a   Hudleston, Peter J ^d   Lawton, Timothy F ^e   Tolson, Gustavo ^a   Centeno García, Elena ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c CENTRO DE GEOCIENCIAS   (Mexico)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^e NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

STRATIGRAPHY;

CENTRAL MEXICO; FOLD-THRUST BELTS; GEOTHERMOMETRY; HORIZONTAL STRESS; LATE CRETACEOUS; NORTH AMERICAN; OROGENIC WEDGE; STRUCTURAL DATA;

DEFORMATION;

EID: 84876364938     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1130/2012.0025(02)     Document Type: Article

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