Geology and paleontology of southwestern Isla Tiburón, Sonora, Mexico

  • R. Gordon Gastil San Diego State University, San Diego CA 92182-1020
  • Jay Neuhaus 6 Elderwood, Aliso Viejo, CA 92656
  • Michael Cassidy Alton Geoscience, 5764 Pacific Center Blvd., San Diego, CA 92121.
  • Judith Terry Smith 1527 Byron Street, Palo Alto, CA 94301-3311
  • James C. Ingle, Jr. Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305-2225
  • Daniel Krummenacher San Diego State University, San Diego CA 92182-1020
Keywords: Geology, Paleontology, Isla Tiburón, Sonora, Mexico.

Abstract

An almost 3-km-thick section of Neogene volcanic, marine and non-marine sedimentary rocks is exposed on Isla Tiburón in the northern Gulf of California, Sonora, Mexico and provides a key record of early Miocene through Quaternary events during the evolution of the Gulf… in order to continue, download the full paper in PDF.

Published
2018-11-13
Issue
Vol 16 No 1 (1999)
Section
Regular Papers

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