Rapid localization of Pacific-North America plate motion in the Gulf of California

Geology

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 459-462

  Oskin, Michael ^a   Stock, Joann ^a   Martín Barajas, Arturo ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Correlation; Gulf of California; Ignimbrite; Mexico; Plate motion; Rifting

Indexed keywords

PLATE MOTION;

STRATIGRAPHY;

TECTONICS;

CORRELATION; DISPLACEMENT; IGNIMBRITE; MIOCENE; PLATE BOUNDARY; PLATE MOTION;

PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 84879881666     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/0091-7613(2001)029<0459:RLOPNA>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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