The Cretaceous-Paleogene Mexican orogen: Structure, basin development, magmatism and tectonics

E Fitz-Díaz, TF Lawton, E Juárez-Arriaga… - Earth-Science …, 2018 - Elsevier
The Mexican orogen is the expression in Mexico of the Cordilleran orogenic system. The
orogen extends the length of Mexico, a distance of 2000 km from the state of Sonora in the …

The pre-Mesozoic metamorphic basement of Mexico, 1.5 billion years of crustal evolution

F Ortega-Gutiérrez, M Elías-Herrera… - Earth-Science …, 2018 - Elsevier
The pre-Mesozoic metamorphic geology of Mexico is summarized in this review through the
integral analysis of 11 deep orogenic systems composed altogether of more than 20 …

A revised synthesis of the rift and drift history of the Gulf of Mexico and surrounding regions in the light of improved age dating of the Middle Jurassic salt

J Pindell, D Villagómez, R Molina-Garza, R Graham… - 2021 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
We present an updated, internally consistent synthesis of the Permo-Triassic assembly and
Mesozoic evolution of the Gulf of Mexico, Mexico, Florida–Bahamas and northern South …

Mesozoic tectono-magmatic evolution of Mexico: An overview

E Centeno-García - Ore Geology Reviews, 2017 - Elsevier
Abstract The Geological Framework of Mexico is formed by a mosaic of tectono-stratigraphic
terranes that were assembled during the Paleozoic and Mesozoic as the result of the …

Latest Cretaceous to Miocene deformation events in the eastern Sierra Madre del Sur, Mexico, inferred from the geometry and age of major structures

AF Nieto-Samaniego… - Geological …, 2006 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
Abstract The Cretaceous-Cenozoic major lithologic units and structures of the Sierra Madre
del Sur are well known. The Laramide orogeny is generally considered as the cause of the …

Radiometric and kinematic evidence for Middle Jurassic strike-slip faulting in southern Mexico related to the opening of the Gulf of Mexico

SA Alaniz-Alvarez, P van der Heyden… - …, 1996 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
One of the least-known aspects of the evolution of the Gulf of Mexico is the nature and
location of shear zones along which the relevant continental fragments were displaced. The …

The Cenozoic tectonic and magmatic evolution of southwestern México: Advances and problems of interpretation

DJ Morán-Zenteno, M Cerca, JD Keppie - 2007 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
Recent advances in the knowledge of the Cenozoic structure and stratigraphy of southern
México reveal a geological evolution characterized by Upper Cretaceous orogenic …

Geochronology and correlation of the Todos Santos Group, western Veracruz and eastern Oaxaca States, Mexico: Implications for regional stratigraphic relations and …

RSM Garza, TF Lawton, JRB Gudiño, MI Sierra-Rojas… - 2021 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
ABSTRACT The Gulf of Mexico is best understood as a subsidiary basin to the Atlantic,
resulting from breakup of Pangea. The rifting process and stratigraphy preceding opening of …