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Leroy, S., Ellouz-Zimmermann, N., Corbeau, J., Rolandone, F., Mercier de Lépinay, B., Meyer, B., et al. (2015). Segmentation and kinematics of the North America-Caribbean plate boundary offshore Hispaniola. *Terra Nova*, 27(6), 467-478. https://doi.org/10.1111/ter.12181

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Mann, P., Taylor, F. W., Edwards, R. L., & Ku, T.-L. (1995). Actively evolving microplate formation by oblique collision and sideways motion along strike-slip faults: An example from the northeastern Caribbean plate margin. *Tectonophysics*, 246(1), 1-69. https://doi.org/10.1016/0040-1951(94)00268-E

Marton, G., & Buffler, R. T. (1993). Application of simple-shear model to the evolution of passive continental margins of the Gulf of Mexico basin. *Geology*, 21(6), 495. https://doi.org/10.1130/0091-7613(1993)021<0495:AOSSMT>2.3.CO;2

Marton, G., & Buffler, R. T. (1994). Jurassic reconstruction of the Gulf of Mexico basin. *International Geology Review*, 36(6), 545-586. https://doi.org/10.1080/00206819409465475

Masaferro, J. L., & Eberli, G. P. (1999). Chapter 7 Jurassic-Cenozoic structural evolution of the southern great Bahama bank. In P. Mann (Éd.), *Sedimentary basins of the world* (Vol. 4, p. 167-193). Elsevier. https://doi.org/10.1016/S1874-5997(99)80041-0

Mauffret, A., & Leroy, S. (1997). Seismic stratigraphy and structure of the Caribbean igneous province. *Tectonophysics*, 283(1), 61-104. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0040-1951(97)00103-0

Mauffret, A., Leroy, S., Vila, J.-M., Hallot, E., de Lépinay, B., & Duncan, R. (2001). Prolonged magmatic and tectonic development of the Caribbean igneous province revealed by a diving submersible survey. *Marine Geophysical Researches*, 22(1), 17-45. https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1004873905885

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Mullins, H. T., & Lynts, G. W. (1977). Origin of the northwestern Bahama platform: Review and reinterpretation. *GSA Bulletin*, 88(10), 1447-1461. https://doi.org/10.1130/0016-7606(1977)88<1447:OOTNPB>2.0.CO;2

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Noda, A. (2016). Forearc basins: Types, geometries, and relationships to subduction zone dynamics. https://doi.org/10.1130/B31345.1

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Leroy, S. (2012). HAITI-SIS cruise, L'Atalante R/V. https://doi.org/10.17600/12010070

Leroy, S., & Ellouz-Zimmermann, N. (2013). *HAITI-SIS2 cruise*. L'Atalante R/V. https://doi.org/10.17600/13010080

Leroy, S., Ellouz-Zimmermann, N., Corbeau, J., Rolandone, F., Mercier de Lépinay, B., Meyer, B., et al. (2015). Segmentation and kinematics of the North America-Caribbean plate boundary offshore Hispaniola. *Terra Nova*, 27(6), 467–478. https://doi.org/10.1111/ter.12181

Leroy, S., Mauffret, A., Patriat, P., & Mercier de Lépinay, B. (2000). An alternative interpretation of the Cayman trough evolution from a reidentification of magnetic anomalies. *Geophysical Journal International*, 141(3), 539–557. https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1365-246x.2000.00059.x

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Lewis, J. F., & Draper, G. (1990). Geological and tectonic evolution of the northern Caribbean margin: Decade of North American geology, v. H: The Caribbean. In *Geological Society America* (p. 77140)

Lidz, B. (1973). Biostratigraphy of Neogene cores from Exuma Sound diapirs, Bahama islands. *AAPG Bulletin*, 57(5), 841–857. https://doi.org/10.1306/83D90D5E-16C7-11D7-8645000102C1865D

Lynts, G. W. (1970). Conceptual model of the Bahamian Platform for the last 135 million years. *Nature*, 225(5239), 1226–1228. https://doi.org/10.1038/2251226a0

Malfait, B. T., & Dinkelman, M. G. (1972). Circum-Caribbean tectonic and igneous activity and the evolution of the Caribbean Plate. *GSA Bulletin*, 83(2), 251–272. https://doi.org/10.1130/0016-7606(1972)83[251:CTAIAA]2.0.CO;2

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Mann, P., Taylor, F. W., Edwards, R. L., & Ku, T.-L. (1995). Actively evolving microplate formation by oblique collision and sideways motion along strike-slip faults: An example from the northeastern Caribbean plate margin. *Tectonophysics*, 246(1), 1–69. https://doi.org/10.1016/0040-1951(94)00268-E

Marton, G., & Buffler, R. T. (1993). Application of simple-shear model to the evolution of passive continental margins of the Gulf of Mexico basin. *Geology*, 21(6), 495. https://doi.org/10.1130/0091-7613(1993)021<0495:AOSSMT>2.3.CO;2

Marton, G., & Buffler, R. T. (1994). Jurassic reconstruction of the Gulf of Mexico basin. *International Geology Review*, 36(6), 545–586. https://doi.org/10.1080/00206819409465475

Masaferro, J. L., & Eberli, G. P. (1999). Chapter 7 Jurassic-Cenozoic structural evolution of the southern great Bahama bank. In P. Mann (Éd.), *Sedimentary basins of the world* (Vol. 4, p. 167–193). Elsevier. https://doi.org/10.1016/S1874-5997(99)80041-0

Mauffret, A., & Leroy, S. (1997). Seismic stratigraphy and structure of the Caribbean igneous province. *Tectonophysics*, 283(1), 61–104. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0040-1951(97)00103-0

Mauffret, A., Leroy, S., Vila, J.-M., Hallot, E., de Lépinay, B., & Duncan, R. (2001). Prolonged magmatic and tectonic development of the Caribbean igneous province revealed by a diving submersible survey. *Marine Geophysical Researches*, 22(1), 17–45. https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1004873905885

Meyerhoff, A. A., & Hatten, C. W. (1968). Diapiric structures in Central Cuba. In J. Braunstein & G. D. O'Brien (Éds.), *Diapirism and Diapirs: A symposium* (Vol. 8). American Association of Petroleum Geologists. https://doi.org/10.1306/M8361C21

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Noda, A. (2016). Forearc basins: Types, geometries, and relationships to subduction zone dynamics. https://doi.org/10.1130/B31345.1

Oliveira de Sá, A., d'Acremont, E., Leroy, S., & Lafuerza, S. (2021). Polyphase deformation and strain migration on the septentrional-Oriente Fault Zone in the windward passage, northern Caribbean Plate Boundary. *Tectonics*, 40(8), e2021TC006802. https://doi.org/10.1029/2021TC006802

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