Table of Contents - SPE278: Tectonostratigraphic Terranes and Tectonic Evolution of Mexico

Acknowledgments

Abstract

Goals and Overview

Part 1: Tectonostratigraphic Terranes of México

Morphotectonic Provinces
Modern Plate Tectonic Framework Caribbean-North America Plate Boundary
Pacific-North America Plate Boundary
Cocos-North America and Cocos-Caribbean Plate Boundaries
Rivera-North America Plate Boundary
Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt (TMVB)
North American Intraplate Deformation
Significance of Regional Geophysical Studies Terrane Descriptions
Chatino Terrane
Chortis Terrane
Coahuiltecano Terrane
Cochimí Terrane
Cuicateco Terrane
Guachichil Terrane
Maya Terrane
Mixteco Terrane
Nahuatl Terrane
North America Terrane
Pericú Terrane
Serí Terrane
Tahué Terrane
Tarahumara Terrane
Tepehuano Terrane
Yuma Composite Terrane
Zapoteco Terrane Terrane Boundaries
Boundaries of Tarahumara Terrane
Southern Boundary of North America, Tarahumara, and Coahuiltecano Terranes (Mojave-Sonora Megashear)
Eastern and Southern Boundaries of Seri Terrane
Cochimi-Yuma Boundary
Yuma-Tahué Boundary (Pre-Gulf of California)
Boundaries of Pericú Terrane
Tahué-Tepehuano Boundary
Tepehuano-Guachichil Boundary
Guachichil-Maya Boundary
Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt
Eastern Boundary of Nahuatl Terrane
Zapoteco-Mixteco Boundary
Northern Boundary of Chatino Terrane
Boundaries of Cuicateco Terrane
Maya-Chortis Boundary

Part 2: Tectonic Evolution of México

Introduction
Premises and Other Constraints
Reference Frame and Time Scale
Southern Margin of Proterozoic North America
Paleogeography of Pangea in the Vicinity of México
Origin of Grenville Basement in México
Permian-Triassic Arc in Eastern México
Late Paleozoic-Cenozoic Strike-Slip Faulting
Opening of the Proto-Caribbean and Gulf of México Mesozoic and Cenozoic Evolution of Oceanic Plates Bordering México
Western México
Caribbean Region Reconstruction of the Tectonic Evolution of México
Precambrian to Devonian
Devonian and Carboniferous
Carboniferous and Early Permian
Late Permian to Present: Overview
Late Permian to Middle Triassic
Late Triassic to Late Jurassic
Cretaceous to Paleogene
Cenozoic Summary

References Cited

Index