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Figure 3 Late Jurassic (Early Oxfordian) reconstruction of the Gulf of Mexico and Proto-Caribbean region (salt fit). Onset of seafloor-spreading stage. Note that Chiapas Massif has been transferred to Yucatan Block at this time. Also, bulk strain direction in Mexico shifts from ESE-ward to S-ward at this time, with the opening of the Mexican back-arc basin. Graphics courtesy of James Pindell, Lorcan Kennan and Stephen Barret
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Figure 3 Late Jurassic (Early Oxfordian) reconstruction of the Gulf of Mexico and Proto-Caribbean region (salt fit). Onset of seafloor-spreading stage. Note that Chiapas Massif has been transferred to Yucatan Block at this time. Also, bulk strain direction in Mexico shifts from ESE-ward to S-ward at this time, with the opening of the Mexican back-arc basin. Graphics courtesy of James Pindell, Lorcan Kennan and Stephen Barret