Palaeomagnetism and tectonics of Mexico
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Los resultados paleomagnéticos para México, que cubren el intervalo del Cambro.Ordovícico al Neogeno, se revisan y discuten brevemente en términos de los modelos tectónicos regionales propuestos para Ia evolución de México. Si se consideran las paleo-reconstrucciones de tectónica de placas para las márgenes continentales del Atlántico y la diversidad de bloques o terrenos con diferentes historias tectonoestratigráficas que conforman la estructura continental de México, se esperaría un registro paleomagnético cuyas direcciones y polos mostrarían una divergencia angular creciente con respecto a Norteamérica, en razón directa de su edad. Las discordancias paleomagnéticas observadas en tal caso podrían ser similares a las documentadas para el cintur6n orogenico cordillerano. Sin embargo, estas espectativas no se cumplen. Muchos polos paleozoicos para México se localizan en posiciones cercanas a los polos esperados con respecto a Norteamérica, mientras que la mayoría de los polos cenozoicos divergen de sus polos esperados. Si se consideran varias alternativas que incluyen soluciones tectónicas y no tectónicas, los resultados para el Mesozoico y Cenozoico son diferentes de los observados dentro del Cinturón Orogénico Cordillerano, lo cual sugiere una evoluci6n tect6nica diferente para su continuaci6n meridional. Los datos paleomagnéticos son en general congruentes con los modelos que implican movimientos laterales izquierdos de ciertas porciones de México; sin embargo, la evolución tectónica de México parece ser en general más compleja de lo que previamente se había supuesto.
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