Stratigraphy and regional significance of Mississippian to Jurassic rocks in Sierra Santa Teresa, Sonora, Mexico

  • John H. Stewart U.S. Geological Survey, California
  • Ricardo Amaya-Martínez Departamento de Geología, Universidad de Sonora, Hermosillo, Sonora, México
  • Robert G. Stamm .S. Geological Survey, Virginia
  • Bruce R. Wardlaw U.S. Geological Survey, Virginia
  • George D. Stanley, Jr Department of Geology, The University of Montana, Missoula, Montana
  • Calvin H. Stevens Geology Department, San Jose State University, San Jose, California
Keywords: Stratigraphy, Mississippian, Pennsylvanian, Permian, Triassic, Jurassic, Sierra Santa Teresa, Sonora, Mexico.

Abstract

In Sierra Santa Teresa, about 20 km southeast of Hermosillo, Sonora, Mexico, Paleozoic strata are exposed in the upper plate, and Mesozoic rocks in the lower plate, of a post-Early-Jurassic thrust fault… in order to continue, download the full paper in PDF.

Published
2018-12-11
Issue
Vol 14 No 2 (1997)
Section
Regular Papers

Creative Commons License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License.