STRATIGRAPHY OF EL CHANATE GROUP (LATE CRETACEOUS) AND ITS IMPLICATIONS FOR THE TECTONIC EVOLUTION OF NORTHWESTERN SONORA, MEXICO

The Late Cretaceous El Chanate Group is a clastic and volcanic sequence, ranging from 700 to more than 2,800 m in thickness, deposited in a continental basin. It disconformably overlies the Lower Cretaceous Bisbee Group and underlies the Late Cretaceous (71 Ma) Tarahumara Formation. On the basin of...

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Main Author: César Jacques Ayala
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México 2019-05-01
Series:Revista Mexicana de Ciencias Geológicas
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Online Access:https://rmcg.unam.mx/index.php/rmcg/article/view/1510
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