Deformational History of the Granjeno Schist, Ciudad Victoria, Mexico: Constraints on the Closure of the Rheic Ocean?

Volume: 47, Issue: 9, Pages: 920 - 937
Published: Sep 1, 2005
Abstract
Exposed in the core of a NNW-trending frontal anticline of the Laramide fold-thrust belt of northeastern Mexico, the Granjeno Schist comprises a polydeformed assemblage of Paleozoic metasedimentary and metavolcaniclastic rocks and serpentinized mafic-ultramafic units. The earliest deformation (D1) predates emplacement of a leucogranite at 351 ± 54 Ma and may record obduction of this oceanic unit. Subsequent deformations (D2a-D2c) record tectonic...
Paper Details
Title
Deformational History of the Granjeno Schist, Ciudad Victoria, Mexico: Constraints on the Closure of the Rheic Ocean?
Published Date
Sep 1, 2005
Volume
47
Issue
9
Pages
920 - 937
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