Stratigraphy and structure of the Altar basin of NW Sonora: Implications for the history of the Colorado River delta and the Salton trough

The Altar basin in northwestern Sonora, Mexico, is a subsidiary basin forming a now inactive part of the Colorado River delta. Its sedimentary record illustrates how the delta prograded in the last 4–5 Ma over a late Miocene, structurally distinct, marine basin at the northern end of the Gulf of Ca...

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Main Authors: Martín Pacheco, Arturo Martín-Barajas, Wilfred Elders, Juan Manuel Espinosa-Cardeña, Javier Helenes, Alberto Segura
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México 2018-02-01
Series:Revista Mexicana de Ciencias Geológicas
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Online Access:https://rmcg.unam.mx/index.php/rmcg/article/view/762
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