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AAPG Memoir 75, Chapter 7: Thermal and Chronological Record of Syn- to Post-Laramide Burial and Exhumation, Sierra Madre Oriental, Mexico, by Gary G. Gray, Robert J. Pottorf, Donald A. Yurewicz, Keith I. Mahon, David R. Pevear, and Richard J. Chuchla, Pages 159 - 181
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AAPG Memoir 75: The Western Gulf of Mexico Basin: Tectonics, Sedimentary Basins, and Petroleum Systems, Edited by Claudio Bartolini, Richard T. Buffler, and Abelardo Cant250_u.jpg (467 bytes)-Chapa
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Thermal and Chronological Record of Syn- to Post-Laramide Burial and Exhumation, Sierra Madre Oriental, Mexico

Gary G. Gray
ExxonMobil Upstream Research Company
Houston, Texas, U.S.A.

Robert J. Pottorf
ExxonMobil Upstream Research Company
Houston, Texas, U.S.A.

Donald A. Yurewicz
ExxonMobil Exploration Company
Houston, Texas, U.S.A.

Keith I. Mahon
ExxonMobil Upstream Research Company
Houston, Texas, U.S.A.

David R. Pevear
ExxonMobil Upstream Research Company
Houston, Texas, U.S.A.

Richard J. Chuchla
ExxonMobil Exploration Company
Houston, Texas, U.S.A.

ABSTRACT

Thermal and thermochronological data from the Sierra Madre Oriental indicate that a foreland basin formed on the leading edge of the fold belt during and after the late stages of the Laramide orogeny. This basin appears to have been at least 4 km thick by 50 Ma and to have reached maximum temperatures of 165176.jpg (425 bytes) to 170176.jpg (425 bytes)C under 5 to 7 km of burial. In areas such as the Parras and La Popa Basins, these burial amounts are in addition to the presently preserved Upper Cretaceous-Lower Tertiary section.

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