Reinterpretation of the stratigraphy and structure of the Rancho Las Norias area, central Sonora, Mexico

Page, W. R.; Harris, A. G.; Poole, F. G.; Repetski, J. E.

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New geologic mapping and fossil data in the vicinity of Rancho Las Norias, 30 km east of Hermosillo, Sonora, Mexico, show that rocks previously mapped as Precambrian instead are Paleozoic. Previous geologic maps of the Rancho Las Norias area show northeast-directed, southwest-dipping reverse or thrust faults deforming both Precambrian and Paleozoic rocks. The revised stratigraphy requires reinterpretation of some of these faults as high-angle normal or oblique-slip faults and the elimination of other faults. We agree with earlier geologic map interpretations that compressional structures have affected the Paleozoic rocks in the area, but our mapping suggests that the direction of compression is from southeast to northwest. Published by Elsevier Ltd.

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Page, W. R.; Harris, A. G.; Poole, F. G.; Repetski, J. E.

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Journal of South American Earth Sciences

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Reinterpretation of the stratigraphy and structure of the Rancho Las Norias area, central Sonora, Mexico; 2003; Article; Journal; Journal of South American Earth Sciences; Page, W. R.; Harris, A. G.; Poole, F. G.; Repetski, J. E.