Title: The Caribbean region /
Authors: Dengo, Gabriel.; Case, James E., 1933-
Publisher: Geological Society of America,
Year: 1990
Subjects: Geology Carribean Area.; Geology Caribbean Area.
Contents: 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.