Geologically current plate motions

C DeMets, RG Gordon, DF Argus - Geophysical journal …, 2010 - academic.oup.com
We describe best-fitting angular velocities and MORVEL, a new closure-enforced set of
angular velocities for the geologically current motions of 25 tectonic plates that collectively …

Effect of recent revisions to the geomagnetic reversal time scale on estimates of current plate motions

C DeMets, RG Gordon, DF Argus… - Geophysical research …, 1994 - Wiley Online Library
Recent revisions to the geomagnetic time scale indicate that global plate motion model
NUVEL‐1 should be modified for comparison with other rates of motion including those …

Shape of the subducted Rivera and Cocos plates in southern Mexico: Seismic and tectonic implications

M Pardo, G Suárez - Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid …, 1995 - Wiley Online Library
The geometry of the subducted Rivera and Cocos plates beneath the North American plate
in southern Mexico was determined based on the accurately located hypocenters of local …

Tectonostratigraphic terranes and tectonic evolution of Mexico

RL Sedlock, F Ortega-Gutiérrez, RC Speed - 1993 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
Part 1 of this work (Sedlock, Ortega-Gutiérrez, and Speed) is a synthesis of geoscientific
data pertaining to México and northern Central America using the framework of a new …

Can the Okhotsk plate be discriminated from the North American plate?

T Seno, T Sakurai, S Stein - Journal of Geophysical Research …, 1996 - Wiley Online Library
The plate geometry in northeast Asia has been a long‐standing question, with a major issue
being whether the Sea of Okhotsk and northern Japanese islands are better regarded as …

Paleogene continental margin truncation in southwestern Mexico: Geochronological evidence

P Schaaf, D Morán‐Zenteno… - …, 1995 - Wiley Online Library
The reasons for, and mechanisms of, continental margin truncation in SW Mexico where
Mesozoic‐Cenozoic plutons are situated directly on the Pacific coast, are not yet well …

Quaternary intra-arc extension in the central Trans-Mexican volcanic belt

M Suter, ML Martínez… - … Society of America …, 2001 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
Abstract The Trans-Mexican volcanic belt is an active volcanic arc related to subduction
along the Middle America trench and characterized by shallow seismicity and synvolcanic to …

Size, distribution, and magma output rate for shield volcanoes of the Michoacán-Guanajuato volcanic field, Central Mexico

T Hasenaka - Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research, 1994 - Elsevier
Abstract The Michoacán-Guanajuato Volcanic Field (MGVF), in the west-central Mexican
Volcanic Belt (MVB), contains nearly 400 medium-sized volcanoes in addition to 1000 small …

Quaternary volcanism near the Valley of Mexico: implications for subduction zone magmatism and the effects of crustal thickness variations on primitive magma …

PJ Wallace, ISE Carmichael - Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology, 1999 - Springer
Abstract The Valley of Mexico and surrounding regions of Mexico and Morelos states in
central Mexico contain more than 250 Quaternary eruptive vents in addition to the large …

Ultralong period seismic study of the December 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and implications for regional tectonics and the subduction process

S Stein, EA Okal - Bulletin of the Seismological Society of …, 2007 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
Abstract Analysis of the earth's longest period normal modes shows that the December 2004
Sumatra–Andaman earthquake was much larger (M w 9.3) than initially inferred from surface …