The thermal structure of subduction zone back arcs

CA Currie, RD Hyndman - Journal of Geophysical Research …, 2006 - Wiley Online Library
It is well recognized that active arc volcanism at nearly all subduction zones requires
temperatures greater than 1200° C in the subarc mantle, despite the underthrusting cool …

Geochemical diversity of Late Miocene volcanism in southern Baja California, Mexico: implication of mantle and crustal sources during the opening of an …

M Benoit, A Aguillon-Robles, T Calmus… - The Journal of …, 2002 - journals.uchicago.edu
Five main petrologic and geochemical groups can be identified among the Middle to Late
Miocene lavas from the western part of southern Baja California:(1) calc-alkaline and K-rich …

Thermal models of the Mexico subduction zone: Implications for the megathrust seismogenic zone

CA Currie, RD Hyndman, K Wang… - … Research: Solid Earth, 2002 - Wiley Online Library
It has been proposed that the seismogenic zone of subduction thrust faults is primarily
controlled by temperature or rock composition changes. We have developed numerical …

Crustal architecture at the collision zone between Rivera and North American plates at the Jalisco block: Tsujal project

J Danobeitia, R Bartolome, M Prada… - Geodynamics of the …, 2017 - Springer
Processing and analysis of new multichannel seismic records, coincident with wide-angle
seismic profiles, acquired in the framework of the TsuJal project allow us to investigate in …

[HTML][HTML] Caracterización sismotectónica de México

MO Cotilla-Rodríguez, D Córdoba-Barba… - Revista Geográfica de …, 2019 - scielo.sa.cr
México es una Región Sismotectónica activa, mayoritariamente en la placa continental de
Norteamérica y tiene los 2 tipos de sismicidad (entreplacas y de interior de placa). La …

P-wave velocity tomography from local earthquakes in western Mexico

JA Ochoa-Chávez, CR Escudero… - Pure and Applied …, 2016 - Springer
In western Mexico, the subduction of the Rivera and Cocos plates beneath the North
America plate has deformed and fragmented the overriding plate, forming several structural …

[HTML][HTML] Morphology and magnetic survey of the Rivera-Cocos plate boundary of Colima, Mexico

JRP Gaviria, CAM Gutiérrez, WL Bandy… - Geofísica internacional, 2013 - Elsevier
The propagation of the Pacific-Cocos Segment of the East Pacific Rise (EPR-PCS) has
significantly altered the plate configuration at the north end of the Middle America Trench …

A geodetic study of the 2003 January 22 Tecoman, Colima, Mexico earthquake

SV Schmitt, C DeMets, J Stock… - Geophysical Journal …, 2007 - academic.oup.com
We use coseismic displacements and aftershock information from Global Positioning System
(GPS) measurements at 27 sites in western Mexico and a 12-station local seismic network to …

[PDF][PDF] Active rifting and crustal thinning along the Rivera-Cocos plate boundary as inferred from Mantle Bouguer gravity anomalies

GSS Díaz, WL Bandy, CAM Gutiérrez - Geofísica Internacional, 2004 - redalyc.org
Resumen El graben El Gordo yace dentro de la litósfera oceánica al oeste de la Trinchera
Meso-Americana a 18.15 N, 104.7 W. Se ha propuesto a este graben como una marca del …

Multichannel seismic imaging of the Rivera Plate subduction at the seismogenic Jalisco Block area (Western Mexican margin)

R Bartolome, E Górriz, J Dañobeitia, D Cordoba… - Geodynamics of the …, 2017 - Springer
During the TSUJAL marine geophysical survey, conducted in February and March 2014,
Spanish, Mexican and British scientists and technicians explored the western margin of …