Internal structure of the Oaxaca fault (Mexico) and the influence of its lithologic anisotropies during its Cenozoic activity

  • Ángel Francisco Nieto-Samaniego Estación Regional del Centro, Instituto de Geología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Apartado Postal 376, 36 000 Guanajuato, Gto., México
  • Susana Alicia Alaniz-Álvarez Estación Regional del Centro, Instituto de Geología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Apartado Postal 376, 36 000 Guanajuato, Gto., México
  • Fernando Ortega-Gutiérrez lnstituto de Geología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Ciudad Universitaria, Delegación Coyoacán, 04510 México, D. F., México.
Keywords: Structural geology, Cenozoic faulting, reactivation, Oaxaca fault, Mexico.

Abstract

A 380-km-long linear physiographic feature in southern Mexico extends from Perote, State of Veracruz, on the north, to Miahuatlán, State of Oaxaca, on the south. Contrasting geomorphology along this prominent physiographic feature indicates that it consists of three segments. The northern one is recognized by the alignment of volcanoes Pico de Orizaba and Cofre de Perote… in order to continue, download the full paper in PDF.

Published
2019-01-27
Section
Regular Papers