Late Miocene extension in coastal Sonora, México: Implications for the evolution of dextral shear in the proto-Gulf of California oblique rift
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a Department of Geological Sciences, University of Oregon, 1272 University of Oregon, Eugene, OR 97403-1272, USA b School of Earth Sciences and Environmental Sustainability, Northern Arizona University, 625 South Knoles Drive, Flagstaff, AZ 86011-4099, USA c Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of California–Davis, 2119 Earth and Physical Sciences, One Shields Avenue, Davis, California 95616, USA d Centro de Geociencias, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Campus Juriquilla, C.P. 76230 Juriquilla, Querétaro, Mexico. e The University of Texas at Austin, Jackson School of Geosciences, 2305 Speedway, Stop C1160, Austin, TX 78712, USA
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تاریخ انتشار 2016