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AAPG Memoir 75, Chapter 3: Middle Jurassic-Upper Cretaceous Paleogeographic Evolution and Sequence-stratigraphic Framework of the Northwest Previous HitGulfNext Hit of Previous HitMexicoNext Hit Rim, by R. K. Goldhammer and C. A. Johnson, Pages 45 - 81
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AAPG Memoir 75: The Western Previous HitGulfNext Hit of Previous HitMexicoNext Hit Basin: Tectonics, Sedimentary Basins, and Petroleum Systems, Edited by Claudio Bartolini, Richard T. Buffler, and Abelardo Cant
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Middle Jurassic-Upper Cretaceous Paleogeographic Evolution and Sequence-stratigraphic Framework of the Northwest Previous HitGulfNext Hit of Previous HitMexicoNext Hit Rim

R. K. Goldhammer
Department of Geological Sciences, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas, U.S.A.

C. A. Johnson
ExxonMobil Exploration Company, Houston, Texas, U.S.A.


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The area of northern Previous HitMexicoNext Hit and Texas combines elements from two different tectonostratigraphic provinces--(a) the Previous HitGulfNext Hit of Previous HitMexicoNext Hit province (GOM province), located along the northwest rim of the present-day Previous HitGulfNext Hit of Previous HitMexicoNext Hit in northeast Previous HitMexicoNext Hit and south Texas, and (b) the western Pacific Previous HitMexicoNext Hit province (WPM province), located in northwest Previous HitMexicoNext Hit and west Texas--and thereby enables one to compare and contrast Previous HitGulfNext Hit of Previous HitMexicoNext Hit-driven versus Pacific-driven tectonostratigraphic processes. The area addressed in this paper (that is, the northwest rim of the Previous HitGulfNext Hit of Previous HitMexicoNext Hit) contains elements related to both Previous HitGulfNext Hit of Previous HitMexicoNext Hit passive-margin development (principally the stratigraphy) and to the Pacific-related convergent margin (arc) tectonism (chiefly the structure). The emphasis in the paper is on the GOM province, with particular reference made to the Sierra Madre Oriental region in the vicinity of the cities of Monterrey and Saltillo, in northeast Previous HitMexicoTop.

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