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Oligocene-Miocene back-thrusting in southern Mexico linked to the rapid subduction erosion of a large forearc block

Date

Authors

Keppie, D Fraser

Hynes, A J

Lee, James K W

Norman, Marc

Publisher

American Geophysical Union

Abstract

Both the timing and mechanism for the removal of a ∼150-250 km wide forearc block from southern Mexico during the Cenozoic are controversial. Principal competing hypotheses are (1) removal due to sinistral strike-slip shear, in which slow, diachronous r

Keywords

Keywords: Average rate; Cenozoic; Continental lithosphere; Forearc; Late Oligocene; Me-xico; Miocene; Plutons; Shear zone; Subduction erosion; Upper mantle; Upper plate; Zircon age; Lithology; Mica; Zircon; Erosion; age determination; Cenozoic; continental arc; cru

URI

http://hdl.handle.net/1885/67742

Collections

ANU Research Publications

Source

Tectonics

Type

Journal article

Access Statement

Open Access

DOI

10.1029/2011TC002976

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