(i.e., the Juarez, Cuicateco, or Oaxaquia Block, Terrane, or microcontinent).

The Block's precise subaerial limits are not widely agreed upon, in contrast to its relatively exact submarine borders. Furthermore, it has been recently suggested that the Block's western extreme may rather extend past the Isthmus of Tehuantepec, along the Gulf of Mexico, and into Louisiana.

Geography

Physical

Mountains

A broad arching fold belt of 'morphologically distinct mountain ranges separated by deep fault-controlled

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