Structural evidence for mid-Cretaceous suturing of the Alisitos arc to North America from the Sierra Calamajue, Baja California, Mexico

Memoir of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 211, Issue , 2014, Pages 691-711

  Alsleben, H ^a   Wetmore, P H ^b   Paterson, S R ^c  

^a TEXAS CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEOCHRONOLOGY; PETROLOGY;

CONTINENTAL MARGIN; DEFORMATION GRADIENTS; DUCTILE DEFORMATIONS; STRUCTURAL EVIDENCE; STRUCTURAL STYLES; TECTONIC SETTINGS; TECTONIC STRUCTURE; TRANSITION ZONES;

DEFORMATION;

CONTINENTAL MARGIN; CRETACEOUS; DEFORMATION; METAMORPHISM; PASSIVE MARGIN; SUTURE ZONE; TECTONIC SETTING; TECTONIC STRUCTURE;

BAJA CALIFORNIA [(PNN) MEXICO]; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA];

EID: 84900563282     PISSN: 00721069     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1130/2014.1211(22)     Document Type: Article

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