Carboniferous to Cretaceous assembly and fragmentation of Mexico

Bulletin of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 113, Issue 9, 2001, Pages 1142-1160

  Dickinson, W R ^a   Lawton, T F ^a  

^a University of Arizona   (United States)

Author keywords

Arcs; Geologic history; Gulf of Mexico; Mexico; Tectonics; Terranes

Indexed keywords

CRUSTAL ELEMENTS;

CATCHMENTS; TECTONICS;

STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

FRAGMENTATION; MESOZOIC; PALEOZOIC; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; TECTONIC RECONSTRUCTION;

GULF OF MEXICO; MEXICO;

EID: 84879889748     PISSN: 00167606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/0016-7606(2001)113<1142:CTCAAF>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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206. A synthesis of recent work in the Peninsular Ranges batholith
207. Deep marine arc apron deposits and syndepositional magmatism in the Alisitos Group at Punta Cono, Baja California, Mexico
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209. Early Cretaceous carbonate platforms of Northeastern and East-Central Mexico
210. Introduction
211. Isotopic studies of the Acatlan Complex, Southern Mexico: Implications for Paleozoic North American tectonics
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