Mexico

Abstract

The coastal zone of Mexico extends for 10,000 km along the Pacific Ocean, Gulf of California, Gulf of Mexico, and Caribbean Sea (Fig. 1). The regional geology and high-relief physiography are largely the result of plate tectonics (Lankford 1977). Mexico’s coastal margin has been divided by Carranza-Edwards et al. (1975) into 9 morpho-tectonic units (Fig. 1). These units are defined by a combination of tectonic, morphologic, and genetic factors.KeywordsContinental ShelfArtificial StructureYucatan PeninsulaCoastal SectorBaja California PeninsulaThese keywords were added by machine and not by the authors. This process is experimental and the keywords may be updated as the learning algorithm improves.