Synextensional Pliocene-Pleistocene eruptive activity in the Camargo volcanic field, Chihuahua, México

Bulletin of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 115, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 298-313

  Aranda Gómez, José Jorge ^a   Luhr, James F ^b   Housh, Todd B ^c   Connor, Charles B ^d   Becker, Tim ^e   Henry, Christopher D ^f  

^a CENTRO DE FÍSICA APLICADA Y TECNOLOGÍA AVANZADA   (Mexico)

^b SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^e BERKELEY GEOCHRONOLOGY CENTER   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

Author keywords

Basin and Range province; Chihuahua; Extension faults; Intraplate; Mexico; Pliocene; Slip rates

Indexed keywords

VOLCANIC FIELDS;

CATCHMENTS; GEOPHYSICS; ROCKS; VENTS;

VOLCANOES;

EXTENSIONAL TECTONICS; NORMAL FAULT; PLEISTOCENE; PLIOCENE; TECTONIC SETTING; UPLIFT; VOLCANISM;

MEXICO;

EID: 84879880660     PISSN: 00167606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/0016-7606(2003)115<0298:SPPEAI>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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