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Table of Contents - Special Paper 422

Geology of México: Celebrating the Centenary of the Geological Society of México

edited by Susana A. Alaniz-Álvarez and Ángel F. Nieto-Samaniego

Preface		v
Reviews of Selected Geological Provinces of México
1.	Magmatism and tectonics of the Sierra Madre Occidental and its relation with the evolution of the western margin of North America L. Ferrari, M. Valencia-Moreno, and S. Bryan	1
2.	Mesa Central of México: Stratigraphy, structure, and Cenozoic tectonic evolution Á.F. Nieto-Samaniego, S.A. Alaniz-Álvarez, and A. Camprubí	41
3.	The Cenozoic tectonic and magmatic evolution of southwestern México: Advances and problems of interpretation D.J. Morán-Zenteno, M. Cerca, and J.D. Keppie	71
4.	Late Cenozoic intraplate-type volcanism in central and northern México: A review J.J. Aranda-Gómez, J.F. Luhr, T.B. Housh, G. Valdez-Moreno, and G. Chávez-Cabello	93
5.	Igneous petrogenesis of the Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt A. Gómez-Tuena, Ma.T. Orozco-Esquivel, and L. Ferrari	129
6.	Geology and eruptive history of some active volcanoes of México J.L. Macías	183
Major Faults
7.	The Mojave-Sonora megashear: The hypothesis, the controversy, and the current state of knowledge R.S. Molina-Garza and A. Iriondo	233
8.	The San Marcos fault: A Jurassic multireactivated basement structure in northeastern México G. Chávez-Cabello, J.J. Aranda-Gómez, R.S. Molina-Garza, T. Cossío-Torres, I.R. Arvizu-Gutiérrez, and G.A. González-Naranjo	261
9.	Right-lateral active faulting between southern Baja California and the Pacific plate: The Tosco-Abreojos fault F. Michaud, T. Calmus, J.-Y. Royer, M. Sosson, B. Bandy, C. Mortera-Gutiérrez, J. Dyment, F. Bigot-Cormier, A. Chabert, and J. Bourgois	287
10.	The Taxco–San Miguel de Allende fault system and the Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt: Two tectonic boundaries in central México active during the Cenozoic S.A. Alaniz-Álvarez and Á.F. Nieto-Samaniego	301
11.	The Caltepec fault zone: Exposed roots of a long-lived tectonic boundary between two continental terranes of southern México M. Elías-Herrera, F. Ortega-Gutiérrez, J.L. Sánchez-Zavala, C. Macías-Romo, A. Ortega-Rivera, and A. Iriondo	317
12.	The Chacalapa fault, southern Oaxaca, México G. Tolson	343
Ore Deposits
13.	Mineralizing processes at shallow submarine hydrothermal vents: Examples from México C. Canet and R.M. Prol-Ledesma	359
14.	Epithermal deposits in México — Update of current knowledge, and an empirical reclassification A. Camprubí and T. Albinson	377
15.	Epigenetic, low-temperature, carbonate-hosted Pb-Zn-Cu-Ba-F-Sr deposits in México: A Mississippi Valley–type classification J. Tritlla, G. Levresse, R. Corona-Esquivel, D.A. Banks, H. Lamadrid, J. Bourdet, and P.J. Pinto-Linares	417
16.	Geological and metallogenetic characteristics of the porphyry copper deposits of México and their situation in the world context M. Valencia-Moreno, L. Ochoa-Landín, B. Noguez-Alcántara, J. Ruiz, and E. Pérez-Segura	433
Index		459