Paleomagnetic and tectonic constraints on the Late Cretaceous to early Tertiary northward translation of the Baja California peninsula

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Publicado: oct 1, 1990
DOI: https://doi.org/10.22201/igeof.00167169p.1990.29.4.630
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Paleomagnetismo, Tectonica de placas, Estructuras y procesos de margen de placa

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J. T. Hagstrum
U. S. Geological Survey, and Dept. of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
P. E. Filmer
U. S. Geological Survey, and Dept. of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

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Los resultados paleomagnéicos del Cretaceo de Baja California y parte de California indican consistentemente un movimiento al norte y una rotación positiva de la region con respecto al cratón de Norteamérica antes de la apertura del Golfo de California durante el Mioceno Tardio. La edad Creticica de la magnetización se confirma por medio de estudios paleomagnéticos del cretaceo Superior más recientes que el Supercron Cretacico de Polaridad Normal (Aptio al Santoniano) y los registros paleomagnéticos para lavas del Mioceno Inferior a Medio indican que la California peninsular se encontraba en su posición "pre-Golfo" junto a la costa de Sonora durante gran parte del Mioceno. Las estimaciones de desplazamiento costero potencial con respecto al borde oeste de Norteamérica debido a subducción oblicua durante todo el Paleogeno basadas en analogfas de placa modernas y en reconstrucciones del movimiento de las placas Farallón y Kula + Farallon ( ͌ 1000-1200 km), corresponden aproximadamente al movimiento de la California peninsular hacia el norte que sugieren los resultados paleomagnéticos sobre el Cretaceo (  ͌ 900 km). Sin embargo, los estudios paleomagnéticos y geológicos más recientes indican que el desplazamiento ante-Mioceno de la California peninsular termino antes del Eoceno Inferior. De este modo, el movimiento al norte debe haber ocurrido entre los Crones 32r y 23r, 0 sea entre - ͌ 70 Ma y -  ͌ 52 Ma, y el movimiento costero de 900 km durante este tiempo se explica probable mente como movimientos transcurrentes paralelos al arco que pudieran estar relacionados con la subduccion oblicua de la placa de Kula, aunque el movimiento al norte también pudiera haber ocurrido dentro de los limites del movimiento relativo de la placa de Farallón, basado en la alineación del margen norteamericano y la eficiencia del mecanismo de desplazamiento.

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Hagstrum, J. T., & Filmer, P. E. (1990). Paleomagnetic and tectonic constraints on the Late Cretaceous to early Tertiary northward translation of the Baja California peninsula. Geofísica Internacional, 29(4), 175–184. https://doi.org/10.22201/igeof.00167169p.1990.29.4.630
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