The Late Triassic-Early Jurassic active continental margin of western North America in northeastern Mexico

Exposures of Triassic-Jurassic volcanic sequences in northeastern Mexico suggest that they developed along an active continental margin. Other sequences in support of such a tectonic environment are exposed in Durango, Zacatecas, San Luis Potosí, Nuevo León and Tamaulipas, where siliciclastic flysch...

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Main Authors: J. Ramón Torres-Hernández, Margarito Tristán-González, J. Rafael Barboza-Gudino
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Instituto de Geofísica 1998-06-01
Series:Geofísica Internacional
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Online Access:http://www.geofisica.unam.mx/unid_apoyo/editorial/publicaciones/investigacion/geofisica_internacional/anteriores/1998/04/barboza.pdf