GULF OF MEXICO AS A SEDIMENTARY BASIN

I. Next week in northern Arizona, you will see a lot of strata comprising examples of past biospheres.

	A. These strata are preserved in a sedimentary basin - what is 
		that?

	B. Gulf of California is a particular type of sedimentary basin,
		One cause by the growth of new ocean floor and
		movement along a giant fault system.

II. Review of Plate Tectonics.

III. Description of the Gulf of Mexico. Area around CEDO.

IV. Deep basins and anoxia - the Guaymas basin.

V. Region around the Colorado River delta and Puerto Penasco.

VI. Pinacate Volcanic Complex.

V. Gran Desierto, dunes and lavas.