0 itemsThe Origin and Evolution of the Caribbean Plate
| Product Code: | SP328 |
| Type: | Book |
| Series: | GSL Special Publications |
| Ten Digit ISBN: | 1-86239-288-9 |
| Thirteen Digit ISBN: | 978-1-86239-288-5 |
| Author/Editor: | Edited by K H James, M A Lorente and J L Pindell |
| Publisher: | GSL |
| Publication Date: | 23 December 2009 |
| Binding: | Hardback |
| Pages: | 868 |
| Weight: | 2.10kg |
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This book discusses the current state of research on the geology of the area between North and South America, with a focus on the origin of the Caribbean Plate. Prevailing understanding is that the Caribbean Plate formed in the Pacific and migrated between the Americas. According to this model, the plate comprises oceanic and volcanic arc rocks. An alternative interpretation considers that the plate formed in place and includes extended continental crust. Hybrids of these ideas also exist.The papers in this volume provide regional overviews, discussions of the origins of the Caribbean Plate, and consider aspects of local geology arranged in a circum-Caribbean tour and ending in the plate interior.They address tectonics, igneous and metamorphic geology, stratigraphy and palaeontology. The objective of this wide variety of topics is to facilitate debate. |
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Contents Pindell, J. L. Kennan, L. Tectonic evolution of the Gulf of Mexico, Caribbean and northern South America in the mantle reference frame: an update Giunta, G. Oliveri, E. Some remarks on the Caribbean Plate kinematics: facts and remaining problems James, K. H. In-situ origin of the Caribbean: discussion of data James, K. H. Evolution of Middle America and the in situ Caribbean Plate model Milsom, J. S. The Caribbean: an oroclinal basin? Giner-Robles, J. L. Pérez-López, R. Rodríguez-Pascua, M. A. Martínez-Díaz, J. J. González-Casado, J. M. Present-day strain field on the South American slab underneath the Sandwich Plate (Southern Atlantic Ocean): a kinematic model Keppie, J. D. Morán-Zenteno, D. J. Martiny, B. González-Torres, E. Synchronous 29-19 Ma arc hiatus, exhumation, and subduction of forearc in southwestern Mexico Cerca, M. Ferrari, L. Tolson, G. Giacomo, C. Marco, B. Piero, M. Analogue models of an early Cenozoic transpressive regime in southern Mexico: implications on the evolution of the Xolapa complex and the North American–Caribbean Plate boundary Guzmán-Speziale, M. A seismotectonic model for the Chortis Block Valls Alvarez, R. A. Geological evolution of the NW corner of the Caribbean Plate Ratschbacher, L. Franz, L. Min, M. Bachmann, R. Martens, U. Stanek, K. St?bner, K. Nelson, B. K. Herrmann, U. Weber, B. López-Martínez, M. Jonckheere, R. Sperner, B. Tichomirowa, M. McWilliams, M. O. Gordon, M. Meschede, M. Bock, P. The North American-Caribbean Plate boundary in Mexico-Guatemala-Honduras Solari, L. A. Ortega-Gutíerrez, F. Elías-Herrera, M. Schaaf, P. Norman, M. Torres De León, R. Ortega-Obregón, C. Chiquín, M. Morán Ical, S. U-Pb zircon geochronology of Palaeozoic units in Western and Central Guatemala: insights into the tectonic evolution of Middle America Cobiella-Reguera, J. L. Emplacement of the northern ophiolites of Cuba and the Campanian-Eocene geological history of the northwestern Caribbean-SE Gulf of Mexico region Hastie, A. R. Kerr, A. C. Mitchell, S. F. Millar, I. L. Geochemistry and tectonomagmatic significance of Lower Cretaceous island arc lavas from the Devil's Racecourse Formation, eastern Jamaica Stanek, K. Maresch, W. V. Pindell, J. L. The geotectonic story of the northwestern branch of the Caribbean Arc; implications from structural and geochronological data of Cuba Hastie, A. R. Is the Cretaceous primitive island arc series in the circum-Caribbean region geochemically analogous to the modern island arc tholeiite series? Buchs, D. M. Baumgartner, P. O. Baumgartner-Mora, C. Bandini, A. N. Jackett, S. J. Diserens, M. O. Stucki, J. Late Cretaceous to Miocene seamount accretion and melange formation in the Osa and Burica peninsulas (Southern Costa Rica): episodic growth of a convergent margin Montgomery, H. Kerr, A. C. Rethinking the origins of the red chert at La Désirade, French West Indies Jaillard, E. Lapierre, H. Ordoñez, M. Álava, J. T. Amórtegui, A. Vanmelle, J. Accreted oceanic terranes in Ecuador: southern edge of the Caribbean Plate? Kennan, L. Pindell, J. L. Dextral shear, terrane accretion and basin formation in the Northern Andes: best explained by interaction with a Pacific-derived Caribbean Plate Grande, S. Presence of a high grade rocks in NW Venezuela of possible Grenvillian affiinity Weber, M. B. I. Cardona, A. Paniagua, F. Cordani, U.G. Sepúlveda, L. Wilson, R. The Cabo De La Vela Mafic-Ultramafic Complex, Northeastern Colombian Caribbean region; a record of multi-stage evolution of a Late Cretaceous intra-oceanic arc Audemard, F. A. Key issues on the post-Mesozoic Southern Caribbean Plate boundary Baquero, M. Acosta, J. Kassabji, E. Zamora, J. Sousa, J. C. Rodríguez, J. Grobas, J. Melo, L. Schneider, F. Polyphase development of the Falcón Basin in northwestern Venezuela; implications for oil generation Higgs, R. Caribbean-South America oblique collision model revised Higgs, R. The vanishing Carib Halite Formation (Neocomian), Colombia-Venezuela-Trinidad prolific petroleum province Cooney, P. M. Lorente, M. A. A structuring event of Campanian age in western Venezuela, interpreted from seismic and palaeontological data Maresch, W. V. Kluge, R. Baumann, A. Pindell, J. L. Kruckhans-Lueder, G. Stanek, K. The occurrence and timing of high-pressure metamorphism on Margarita Island, Venezuela: a constraint on Caribbean-South America interaction Pindell, J. L. Kennan, L. Wright, D. T. Erikson, J. Clastic domains of sandstones in central/eastern Venezuela, Trinidad, and Barbados: heavy mineral and tectonic constraints on provenance and palaeogeography Diebold, J. Submarine volcanic stratigraphy and the Caribbean LIP's formational environment Kerr, A. C. Pearson, G. Nowell, G. M. Magma source evolution beneath the Caribbean oceanic plateau: new insights from elemental and Sr-Nd-Pb-Hf isotopic studies of ODP Leg 165 Site 1001 basalts |
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