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 “Nazas Arc” is a continental rift province: Implications for Mesozoic tectonic reconstructions of the southwest Cordillera, US and Mexico

CJ Busby, E Centeno-García - Geosphere, 2022‏ - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
We reject the notion of a Jurassic continental arc in eastern Mexico, termed the “Nazas arc,”
on geologic grounds. Instead, we propose that the Jurassic continental arc of the SW …

The origin and evolution of the Mexican Cordillera as registered in modern detrital zircons

JG Cavazos-Tovar, A Gómez-Tuena, M Parolari - Gondwana Research, 2020‏ - Elsevier
Continents are thought to be built at convergent margins by mantle-derived mafic inputs, but
the processes that transform them into more felsic and long-lasting constituents are still …

Multidimensional Scaling (MDS): A quantitative approximation of zircon ages to sedimentary provenance with some examples from Mexico

B Ortega-Flores, LA Solari, M Martini - Journal of South American Earth …, 2021‏ - Elsevier
During the last decades, provenance studies have proven to be an invaluable tool to
evaluate modern and ancient sedimentary environments and to reconstruct the …

Subduction-related Jurassic volcanism in the Mesa Central province and contemporary Gulf of Mexico opening

JR Barboza-Gudiño, A Zavala-Monsiváis… - Journal of South …, 2021‏ - Elsevier
Jurassic volcanic successions in the Mesa Central (central Mexico) are considered as
remnants of the Early-Middle Jurassic Nazas volcanic province, which is interpreted either …

Geochemistry and U–Pb geochronology of detrital zircon grains in beach sediments from the northwestern gulf of Mexico, Tamaulipas, Mexico: Implication for …

M Shukla, SK Verma, MA Ramos-Vázquez… - Applied …, 2024‏ - Elsevier
The mineralogy, bulk geochemical composition, chemistry and U–Pb ages of detrital zircons
in sediments from the La Pesca (LP) and Tesoro Altamira (TA) beaches, NW Gulf of Mexico …

[HTML][HTML] Environmental geology and isotopic evaluation of springs within the central part of the Sierra Cerro de La Silla, northeastern México

JR Pantoja-Irys, H Mujica-Sánchez… - Journal of South …, 2022‏ - Elsevier
Abstract The Monterrey Metropolitan Area (MMA), in the State of Nuevo León, México, has
had a significant increase in its population and associated urban footprint for decades. From …

The Sierra Madre Oriental Orocline: Paleomagnetism of the Nazas province in NE Mexico

R Guerra Roel, D Pastor Galán… - Journal of …, 2024‏ - Wiley Online Library
Curved mountain belts are spectacular natural features that contain crucial 3D information
about the tectonic evolution of orogenic systems in the absence of other kinematic markers …

Triassic breakup of Pangea in southern Mexico: Thermochronological evidence from the Tianguistengo formation

M Ramírez-Calderón, A Bedoya, F Abdullin, M Martini… - Geochemistry, 2021‏ - Elsevier
Southern Mexico is a key area for unraveling the tectonic evolution of North America
because it contains the stratigraphic and structural record of the major tectonic events that …

Propuesta nomenclatural y análisis de procedencia de la Formación Concepción del Oro (antes Formación Caracol): implicaciones sobre la evolución tectónica del …

YZE Ocampo-Díaz, MP Pinzon-Sotelo… - Revista mexicana de …, 2016‏ - scielo.org.mx
Se propone formal y localmente a la Formación Concepción del Oro (antes Formación
Caracol), como una unidad clave para comprender la evolución geológica de la Cuenca …