Communication: Further paleomagnetic evidence for a possible tectonic rotation of Mexico

Only a few paleomagnetic data are available on Mexican rocks (Pal and Urrutia, 1977). Urrutia, and Pal (1977) based on a study of Tertiary rocks from Jalisco have pointed out the possibility of tectonic rotation of Mexico with respect to 'stable' North America. This 'note' report...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores: Urrutia Fucugauchi, Jaime, Pal, Surendra
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:1976
País:México
Institución:UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO
Repositorio:Geofísica Internacional
Idioma:español
OAI Identifier:oai:revistagi.geofisica.unam.mx:article/1499
Acceso en línea:http://revistagi.geofisica.unam.mx/index.php/RGI/article/view/1499
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Paleomagnetismo
Rotación tectónica
Rocas terciarias
Jalisco
México
Paleomagnetism
Tectonic rotation
Tertiary rocks
Mexico
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Sumario:Only a few paleomagnetic data are available on Mexican rocks (Pal and Urrutia, 1977). Urrutia, and Pal (1977) based on a study of Tertiary rocks from Jalisco have pointed out the possibility of tectonic rotation of Mexico with respect to 'stable' North America. This 'note' reports further pole positions for Mexico computed from data of Nairn et al. (I 975) which support the hypothesis of tectonic rotation.