Geologic and tectonic development of the Caribbean plate boundary in northern Central America
By: edited by Paul Mann.
Contributors: Mann, Paul, 1956-
Series: Special paper -- 428; Special papers (Geological Society of America) -- 428.
Publisher: Geological Society of America; Geological Society of Amer
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Boulder, Colo
Language: eng
Number of pages: 179
ISBN-13: 9780813724287
Subjects: Geology -- Central America; Geology -- Caribbean Area; Plate tectonics -- Central America; Plate tectonics -- Caribbean Area
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Overview of the tectonic history of northern Central America; title: Present motion and deformation of the Caribbean plate: constraints from new GPS geodetic measurements from Honduras and Nicaragua; title: Transtensional deformation of the western Caribbean-North America plate boundary zone; title: Tectonic terranes of the Chortis block based on integration of regional aeromagnetic and geologic data; title: Cretaceous intra-arc rifting, sedimentation, and basin inversion in east-central Honduras; title: Colon fold belt of Honduras: Evidence for Late Cretaceous collision between the continental Chortis block and intraoceanic Caribbean arc; title: Petrogenesis of Central American tertiary ignimbrites and associated Caribbean Sea tephra.