The Mohave-Sonora Megashear Hypothesis (Special Paper 393)
Geological, 2005. First Edition. Quarto. Item #027196
Special paper edition with CD. 712 pages, index, tables and illustrations. Subjects include the following written by the foremost experts in that field. The Mojave-Sonora megashear: field and analytical studies leading to the conception and evolution of the hypothesis. Jurassic rocks in Sonora, Mexico: relations to Mojave-Sonora megashear and its inferred northwestward extension. Pull-apart basins at releasing bends of the sinistral Late Jurassic Mojave-Sonora fault system. Contrasting Proterozoic basement complexes near the truncated margin of Laurentia, northwestern Sonora-Arizona international border region. Paleoproterozoic Mojave province in northwestern Mexico?: isotopic and U-Pb zircon geochronologic studies of Precambrian and Cambrian crystalline and sedimentary rocks, Caborca, Sonora- The crust at northwestern Mexico interpreted from Magsat anomalies: implications for existence of the Mojave-Sonora mega shear. The Taray Formation: Jurassic mélange in northern Mexico, Tectonic implicationsPangean reconstruction of the Yucatan block: its Permian, Triassic, and Jurassic geologic and tectonic history. Mesozoic basin formation, mass-gravity sedimentation, and inversion in northeastern Sonora and southeastern Arizona. Reactivation of the San Marcos fault during mid-to-late Tertiary extension, Chihuahua, Mexico. A reconstruction of the late Miocene to recent transtension in southwestern United States and northwesternmost Mexico. Tectonic synthesis of the Ouachita-Marathon-Sonora orogenic margin of southern Laurentia: stratigraphic and structural implications for timing of deformational events and plate-tectonic model. A new reconstruction of the Paleozoic continental margin of southwestern North America: implications for the nature and timing of continental truncation and the possible role of the Mojave-Sonora mega shear. Chihuahua Trough: a Jurassic pull-apart basin. Northward Laramide thrusting in the Quitovac region, northwestern Sonora, Mexico: implications for juxtaposition of Paleoproterozoic basement blocks and the Mojave-Sonora megashear hypothesis. Isotopic provinces in Laramide and mid-Tertiary igneous rocks of northwestern Mexico (Chihuahua and Sonora) and their relation to basement configuration and more. A fine copy bound in pictorial stiff paper wraps.
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