The Mohave-Sonora Megashear Hypothesis (Special Paper 393)

Geological, 2005. First Edition. Quarto. Special paper edition with CD. 712 pages, index, tables and illustrations. Subjects include the following written by the foremost experts in that field. The Mojave-Sonora megashear: field and analytical studies leading to the conception and evolution of the hypothesis. Jurassic rocks in Sonora, Mexico: relations to Mojave-Sonora megashear and its inferred northwestward extension. Pull-apart basins at releasing bends of the sinistral Late Jurassic Mojave-Sonora fault system. Contrasting Proterozoic basement complexes near the truncated margin of Laurentia, northwestern Sonora-Arizona international border region. Paleoproterozoic Mojave province in northwestern Mexico?: isotopic and U-Pb zircon geochronologic studies of Precambrian and Cambrian crystalline and sedimentary rocks, Caborca, Sonora- The crust at northwestern Mexico interpreted from Magsat anomalies: implications for existence of the Mojave-Sonora mega shear. The Taray Formation: Jurassic mélange in northern Mexico, Tectonic implicationsPangean reconstruction of the Yucatan block: its Permian, Triassic, and Jurassic geologic and tectonic history. Mesozoic basin formation, mass-gravity sedimentation, and inversion in northeastern Sonora and southeastern Arizona. Reactivation of the San Marcos fault during mid-to-late Tertiary extension, Chihuahua, Mexico. A reconstruction of the late Miocene to recent transtension in southwestern United States and northwesternmost Mexico. Tectonic synthesis of the Ouachita-Marathon-Sonora orogenic margin of southern Laurentia: stratigraphic and structural implications for timing of deformational events and plate-tectonic model. A new reconstruction of the Paleozoic continental margin of southwestern North America: implications for the nature and timing of continental truncation and the possible role of the Mojave-Sonora mega shear. Chihuahua Trough: a Jurassic pull-apart basin. Northward Laramide thrusting in the Quitovac region, northwestern Sonora, Mexico: implications for juxtaposition of Paleoproterozoic basement blocks and the Mojave-Sonora megashear hypothesis. Isotopic provinces in Laramide and mid-Tertiary igneous rocks of northwestern Mexico (Chihuahua and Sonora) and their relation to basement configuration and more. A fine copy bound in pictorial stiff paper wraps.