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Mid America: Tectonic Setting for the Pacific Margin from Southern Mexico to Northwestern Colombia

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This chapter presents a synthesis of the most relevant geological and tectonic features of the land and continental margin that borders the Pacific Ocean from southern Mexico to northwestern Colombia (Fig. 1). The objectives are to emphasize the variations in geological constitution of different segments of the region and to review briefly the major problems in understanding the geological history and the tectonic processes that resulted in its present configuration.

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