Introduction. History Of Geological Investigation In The Caribbean Region -- Caribbaean [i.e. Caribbean] Crustal Provinces; Seismic And Gravity Evidence -- Northern Central America; The Maya And Chortis Blocks. Regional Geology. Geology And Tectonic Evolution Of The Northern Caribbean Margin -- Geology Of The Lesser Antilles -- The Caribbean Mountain System, Northern South America; A Summary -- Geology Of The Northern Andes; An Overview -- The Geology Of Southern Central America And Western Colombia -- Caribbean Marine Geology; Ridges And Basins Of The Plate Interior -- Caribbean Marine Geology; Active Margins Of The Plate Boundary. Regional Geophysics And Geochemistry. Seismicity, Large Earthquakes, And The Margin Of The Caribbean Plate -- Review Of Caribbean Neotectonics -- History And Tectonic Setting Of Caribbean Magmatism -- Volcanism -- Survey Of Caribbean Paleomagnetism. Geological Evolution And Resources. Geological Evolution Of The Caribbean Region; A Plate-tectonic Perspective -- Tectonic Evolution Of The Caribbean Region; Alternative Hypotesis -- Metallogenic Evolution Of The Caribbean Region -- Energy Resources Of The Caribbean Region. Contents Of Maps: Plate 1. Bathymetry, Drainage Patterns And Surficial Sediments Of The Caribbean Region -- Plate 2. Crustal Cross Sections In The Caribbean Region -- Plate 3. Crustal Structure Of The Caribbean Region -- Plate 4 -- 5. Stratigraphic Correlation For The Circum-caribbean Region -- Plate 6. Magnetic Anomaly Map Of The Caribbean Region -- Plate 7. Gravity Anomaly Map Of The Caribbean Region -- Plate 8 -- 9. Representative Caribbean Seismic Sections -- Plate 10. Seismicity Map Of The Caribbean -- Plate 11. Neotectonic Map Of The Caribbean -- Plate 12. A Model Of Caribbean Plate Tectonic Evolution -- Plate 13. Mineral Deposits Of The Caribbean Region 1989. Edited By Gabriel Dengo, J.e. Case. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.

The Caribbean region. edited by Gabriel Dengo and J.E. Case

The Caribbean Region/With Plates (Geology of North America)

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Allison R Palmer; J O Wheeler; Geological Society of America.; Decade of North American Geology Project.; Geological Survey of Canada

Dengo, Gabriel; Case, James E., 1933-

Geological Society of America, Incorporated

Geology of North America, vol. H, Boulder, Colo, 1990

Geology of Canada, no. 1-4, Boulder, Colo, 1986

United States, United States of America

First Edition, 1991

January 1991

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Supplemental references for chapter 17 on 1 microfiche (11 x 15 cm. : negative) in pocket.

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x, 528 p. : 29 cm. +
Supplemental references for chapter 17 on 1 microfiche (11 x 15 cm. : negative) in pocket
Includes bibliographical references and index

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