Mesozoic tectonic evolution of the southern Peninsular Ranges batholith, Baja California, Mexico: Long-lived history of a collisional segment in the Mesozoic Cordilleran arc

Memoir of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 211, Issue , 2014, Pages 645-668

  Schmidt, K L ^a   Wetmore, P H ^b   Alsleben, H ^c   Paterson, S R ^d  

^a LEWIS CLARK STATE COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^c TEXAS CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCRETIONARY PRISM; EARLY CRETACEOUS; GEOLOGIC HISTORY; MIDDLE JURASSIC; PENINSULAR RANGES BATHOLITH; SIERRA NEVADA BATHOLITH; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; TRIASSIC-JURASSIC;

GEOCHRONOLOGY;

ACCRETIONARY PRISM; BATHOLITH; FOREARC BASIN; MESOZOIC; PASSIVE MARGIN; SUBDUCTION; TECTONIC EVOLUTION;

BAJA CALIFORNIA [(PNN) MEXICO]; COAST RANGES; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; PENINSULAR RANGES; SONORA;

EID: 84900544903     PISSN: 00721069     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1130/2014.1211(20)     Document Type: Article

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