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View article: Geology and geochronology of the Magdalena-Madera metamorphic core complex lower plate in the sierras Las Jarillas-El Potrero, northern Sonora
Geology and geochronology of the Magdalena-Madera metamorphic core complex lower plate in the sierras Las Jarillas-El Potrero, northern Sonora Open
The area of sierras Las Jarillas-El Potrero in northern Sonora is interpreted as a portion of the lower plate of the Magdalena metamorphic core complex. Rock units that characterize this locality range in age from Jurassic to Eocene. Juras…
View article: Conodonts of Mexico: a GIS database
Conodonts of Mexico: a GIS database Open
A geographic information system (GIS) database is herein presented to integrate all reports of conodont occurrences in Mexican localities. In addition to the database and the interactive map, we included detailed static maps of each locali…
View article: The Guanajuato resurgent graben caldera, Sierra Madre Occidental, central México: revised volcanic stratigraphy and geologic evolution
The Guanajuato resurgent graben caldera, Sierra Madre Occidental, central México: revised volcanic stratigraphy and geologic evolution Open
The Guanajuato Mining District of central Mexico is one of the main silver and gold deposits in the world. It is in the State of Guanajuato in the southern part of the Sierra Madre Occidental (SMO) volcanic province. The mining district de…
View article: Multi-isotope and geochemical approach to the magma source and tectonic setting of Proterozoic anorthosite massifs and Anorthosite-Mangerite-Charnockite-Granite (AMCG) suites
Multi-isotope and geochemical approach to the magma source and tectonic setting of Proterozoic anorthosite massifs and Anorthosite-Mangerite-Charnockite-Granite (AMCG) suites Open
The occurrence of massif-type anorthosite intrusions is a widespread Proterozoic phenomenon. They are usually associated with gabbroic, charnockitic, and granitic rocks, comprising the so-called anorthosite-mangerite-charnockite-granite (A…
View article: U-Pb geochronology and Hf isotopes of the Grenvillian Río Hondo gneisses, Puebla: redefining the western edge of Oaxaquia
U-Pb geochronology and Hf isotopes of the Grenvillian Río Hondo gneisses, Puebla: redefining the western edge of Oaxaquia Open
In situ Río Hondo (Puebla, southern Mexico) gneiss samples, as well as clastic samples recovered from the nearby-outcropping latest Paleozoic Matzitzi Formation, a fluvial unit mainly sourced by Grenvillian rocks, were historically interpr…
View article: Geochronological, petrological and tectonic implications of the Proterozoic massif-type anorthosite intrusions and related rocks from the northern Oaxacan Complex, southern Mexico
Geochronological, petrological and tectonic implications of the Proterozoic massif-type anorthosite intrusions and related rocks from the northern Oaxacan Complex, southern Mexico Open
Massif-type anorthosite intrusions are enigmatic and significant crustal components widespread worldwide. They occur either as individual massifs or accompanied by mangerite, charnockite, and granite (AMCG suite). This Proterozoic phenomen…
View article: Geochronology and geochemistry of the El Salvador plutonic complex (Sierra de Tamaulipas, NE Mexico): cenozoic tectonic implications of the eastern Mexican alkaline province
Geochronology and geochemistry of the El Salvador plutonic complex (Sierra de Tamaulipas, NE Mexico): cenozoic tectonic implications of the eastern Mexican alkaline province Open
The El Salvador plutonic complex is a 9.2 km2 circular body within the Sierra de Tamaulipas, part of the Eastern Mexican Alkaline Province (EMAP). Three alkaline magmatic suites were identified from El Salvador from the geochemical analysi…
View article: Origin of the internal basement massif of the Guatemala Suture Zone: evidence from U-Pb geochronology and Sm-Nd and Lu-Hf isotope systematics
Origin of the internal basement massif of the Guatemala Suture Zone: evidence from U-Pb geochronology and Sm-Nd and Lu-Hf isotope systematics Open
The origin of eclogite-bearing granitoid gneisses and metapelites of the Chuacús Complex is investigated. This complex represents the internal basement massif of the Guatemala Suture Zone, a part of the western North America–Caribbean plat…
View article: From Rheic ocean opening to Pangea breakup: a chronostratigraphic and isotopic database of key localities in Mexico
From Rheic ocean opening to Pangea breakup: a chronostratigraphic and isotopic database of key localities in Mexico Open
This database includes a wealth of geochronologic, isotopic, and provenance data, published or in publication, which constitutes an effort to unravel the evolution of Mexican, pre-Cretaceous geological units that are key in reconstructing …
View article: Lower Cretaceous (Aptian-Albian) Bisbee Group, Arizpe area, northern Sonora, Mexico: Integrated biostratigraphy, age and provenance from U-Pb and Hf isotopes
Lower Cretaceous (Aptian-Albian) Bisbee Group, Arizpe area, northern Sonora, Mexico: Integrated biostratigraphy, age and provenance from U-Pb and Hf isotopes Open
New data on the stratigraphy, biostratigraphy, detrital zircon U-Pb, and Hf isotope geochronology of a Lower Cretaceous succession of the Bisbee Group in northern Sonora, Mexico that accumulated in the Altar-Cucurpe sub-basin help to const…
View article: Magmatic source, petrogenesis, and tectonic setting of the Concepción del Oro Igneous Complex: a geochemical and isotopic (Rb–Sr and Sm–Nd) study of a late complex of the Cretaceous–Eocene Mexican Magmatic Arc
Magmatic source, petrogenesis, and tectonic setting of the Concepción del Oro Igneous Complex: a geochemical and isotopic (Rb–Sr and Sm–Nd) study of a late complex of the Cretaceous–Eocene Mexican Magmatic Arc Open
During the Mexican fold-and-thrust belt tectonics, the inboard migration of long-term cordilleran magmatism typifies the geological setting during the Cretaceous–Paleogene period. The Concepción del Oro Igneous Complex (COIC) represents on…
View article: Provenance of Carboniferous-Permian sedimentary units in southern Mexico: evidence for peri-arc basin evolution during the Pangea assembly
Provenance of Carboniferous-Permian sedimentary units in southern Mexico: evidence for peri-arc basin evolution during the Pangea assembly Open
The Oaxacan Complex Carboniferous-Permian sedimentary cover in southern México records provenance shifts through time, reflecting the collision between Gondwana and Laurentia to amalgamate Pangea. The integration of petrological analysis a…
View article: Provenance of Carboniferous-Permian sedimentary units in southern Mexico: evidence for peri-arc basin evolution during the Pangea assembly
Provenance of Carboniferous-Permian sedimentary units in southern Mexico: evidence for peri-arc basin evolution during the Pangea assembly Open
The Oaxacan Complex Carboniferous-Permian sedimentary cover in southern México records provenance shifts through time, reflecting the collision between Gondwana and Laurentia to amalgamate Pangea. The integration of petrological analysis a…
View article: Metasomatized mantle under the Eastern Mexican Alkaline Province: evidence from the Oligocene Rincón Murillo Gabbro, Sierra de San Carlos-Cruillas, NE México
Metasomatized mantle under the Eastern Mexican Alkaline Province: evidence from the Oligocene Rincón Murillo Gabbro, Sierra de San Carlos-Cruillas, NE México Open
The Cenozoic Sierra de San Carlos-Cruillas (SSCC) magmatic complex belongs to the Eastern Mexican Alkaline Province (EMAP). The SSCC mainly consists of plutonic and subvolcanic bodies displaying diverse lithological compositions. These roc…
View article: Provenance analysis and thermochronology of the Chivillas Formation, Mexico: a record of basin formation and inversion in the southern Sierra Madre Oriental during the Early Cretaceous–Palaeogene
Provenance analysis and thermochronology of the Chivillas Formation, Mexico: a record of basin formation and inversion in the southern Sierra Madre Oriental during the Early Cretaceous–Palaeogene Open
Sandstone petrography, zircon and apatite U-Pb geochronology, and apatite geochemistry of Early Cretaceous siliciclastic turbidites interbedded with basalt (Chivillas Formation) in the southern Sierra Madre Oriental, Mexico, indicate local…
View article: La Unión Monzogranite: geochronology and significance of the Jurassic arc in the Sula Terrane, Guatemala
La Unión Monzogranite: geochronology and significance of the Jurassic arc in the Sula Terrane, Guatemala Open
La Unión pluton (LUP) belongs to the metamorphic and igneous Sula Terrane (ST) of Central Guatemala, limited to the north by the Motagua fault (MF) and to the south by the Jocotán-Chamelecón fault system (J-CH-FS). The basement of the ST i…
View article: U-Pb age of a late Cenozoic ultra-high temperature metamorphic event under Central Mexico, as inferred from granulite xenoliths from Cerro El Toro, Mexico
U-Pb age of a late Cenozoic ultra-high temperature metamorphic event under Central Mexico, as inferred from granulite xenoliths from Cerro El Toro, Mexico Open
Cerro El Toro, a Pliocene scoria cone that carried abundant lower crust xenoliths to the surface, is located in the Mesa Central (MC), Mexico, where mafic alkalic intra-plate volcanism has occurred since the early Miocene (end of the Sierr…
View article: Provenance analysis and thermochronology of the Chivillas Formation, Mexico: a record of basin formation and inversion in the southern Sierra Madre Oriental during the Early Cretaceous–Palaeogene
Provenance analysis and thermochronology of the Chivillas Formation, Mexico: a record of basin formation and inversion in the southern Sierra Madre Oriental during the Early Cretaceous–Palaeogene Open
Sandstone petrography, zircon and apatite U-Pb geochronology, and apatite geochemistry of Early Cretaceous siliciclastic turbidites interbedded with basalt (Chivillas Formation) in the southern Sierra Madre Oriental, Mexico, indicate local…
View article: Silurian to Cretaceous geologic evolution of southern Mexico and its connection to the assembly and breakup of western equatorial Pangea: geochronological constraints from the northern Sierra de Juárez Complex
Silurian to Cretaceous geologic evolution of southern Mexico and its connection to the assembly and breakup of western equatorial Pangea: geochronological constraints from the northern Sierra de Juárez Complex Open
S1: U–Pb data and S2: trace elements data
View article: U-Pb age of a late Cenozoic ultra-high temperature metamorphic event under Central Mexico, as inferred from granulite xenoliths from Cerro El Toro, Mexico
U-Pb age of a late Cenozoic ultra-high temperature metamorphic event under Central Mexico, as inferred from granulite xenoliths from Cerro El Toro, Mexico Open
Cerro El Toro, a Pliocene scoria cone that carried abundant lower crust xenoliths to the surface, is located in the Mesa Central (MC), Mexico, where mafic alkalic intra-plate volcanism has occurred since the early Miocene (end of the Sierr…
View article: Reconstructing the tectono-sedimentary evolution of the Early–Middle Jurassic Tlaxiaco Basin in southern Mexico: New insights into the crustal attenuation history of southern North America during Pangea breakup
Reconstructing the tectono-sedimentary evolution of the Early–Middle Jurassic Tlaxiaco Basin in southern Mexico: New insights into the crustal attenuation history of southern North America during Pangea breakup Open
During Pangea breakup, several Jurassic extensional to transtensional basins were developed all around the world. The boundaries of these basins are major structures that accommodated continental extension during Jurassic time. Therefore, …
View article: Technical note: LA–ICP-MS U–Pb dating of unetched and etched apatites
Technical note: LA–ICP-MS U–Pb dating of unetched and etched apatites Open
The same unetched and chemically etched apatite crystals from five rock samples were dated by the U–Pb method via laser ablation inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (LA–ICP-MS). The objective of this study is to test whether chemi…