GRAVITY-SLIDING STRUCTURES IN CRETACEOUS-EARLY TERTIARY ROCKS
IN NORTH-CENTRAL SONORA, MEXICO—REGIONAL SIGNIFICANCE
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INTRODUCTION
In Sonor, the Cretaceous structural evolution of the
region is considered to be a Late Cretaceous-ealy Tertiary
period of compressional deformation, mainly recorded in
Lower Cretaceous rocks tht ae widely exposed
‘Lower Cretaceous rocks that record thrust faulting,
folding, cleavage and facturing crop out in several localities:
‘Agua Prieta region (Sierra Anibécachi [1
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Rangin, 1977), Siera San José, Sere Cabllona, and Siera
CCloso [Rangin, 1977], rancho San Antonio (Bennet, 1993),
‘Anizpe [Gonziez-Leén, 1978], Santa Ana [Navarto-Fuentes,
1988; Jacques-Ayala, 1993), Sierra EI Chanate (Jacques.
Ayala, 1983, 1993), Tuape [Rodriguez-Castaeds, 1984),
(Cento de Oro [Gonzilez-Lebn, 1989], Lampazos Herera-
Urbina nd Battin, 1983; Gonzslez-Leéo, 1988], Sicrra El
Chiktepin (Himangs, 1977}, Sierra Los Chinos (Publier,
1987), Cerro Las Conchas (Almazin-Vaequer and Femindez
‘A, 1988) (Fiaue 1). Except the rocks of Siera El Chante,
thar constute marginal deposits Qaogues-Ayala and Poe,
1987 all sequences are predominaly marine bets. Pionecing2 ODHGUEZ-CASTAREDA
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‘work by Tlisfrro (1933) inthe Cabullona basin, and more
recent works of Rangin (1977), Gonzélez-Leén (1978),
Herrera-Urbina and Barcoini (1983), Minjares-Sosa and