The post-Laramide Cenozoic deformation in the southern mesa Central, Mexico

  • Ángel Francisco Nieto-Samaniego Estación Regional del Centro, Instituto de Geología, Unidad de Ciencias de la Tierra, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Apartado Postal 1742, 76001 Querétaro, Qro., México.
  • Susana Alicia Alaniz-Álvarez Estación Regional del Centro, Instituto de Geología, Unidad de Ciencias de la Tierra, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Apartado Postal 1742, 76001 Querétaro, Qro., México.
  • Guillermo Labarthe-Hernández Instituto de Geología, Universidad Autónoma de San Luis Potosí, Dr. Manuel Nava 5, Zona Universitaria, 78240 San Luis Potosí, S.L.P., México
Keywords: Mexico, Mesa Central, Sierra Madre Occidental, Cenozoic deformation, Cenozoic volcanism, normal faults.

Abstract

The age and structural features of Cenozoic extensional deformation in the southern Mesa Central are very different from those of the surrounding provinces. In the Sierra Madre Oriental, the Cenozoic extensional deformation is imperceptible. In the Sierra Madre Occidental, the Cenozoic extensional deformation occurred in two main events… in order to continue, download the full paper in PDF

Published
2019-01-01
Issue
Vol 14 No 1 (1997)
Section
Regular Papers

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