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The Geological Evolution of the Caribbean and Gulf of Mexico—Some Critical Problems and Areas

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Published1975
Citations22
References74

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Abstract

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Initial reports of the deep sea drilling project

1971 • 4,048 citations

The fit of the continents around the Atlantic

1965 • 1,208 citations

Sea-Floor Spreading in the North Atlantic

1972 • 862 citations

Tectonics of the Caribbean and Middle America Regions from Focal Mechanisms and Seismicity

1969 • 816 citations

Major and Trace Element Abundances in Volcanic Rocks of Orogenic Areas

1972 • 479 citations

Marginal offsets, fracture zones, and the early opening of the North Atlantic

1971 • 387 citations

Circum-Caribbean Tectonic and Igneous Activity and the Evolution of the Caribbean Plate: Reply

1973 • 377 citations

Evolution, mammals, and southern continents

1973 • 349 citations

Circum-Caribbean Tectonic and Igneous Activity and the Evolution of the Caribbean Plate

1972 • 331 citations

Marginal offsets, fracture zones, and the early opening of the South Atlantic

1971 • 243 citations

Geophysical measurements in the western Caribbean Sea and in the Gulf of Mexico

1960 • 212 citations

Seismic Refraction and Reflection in Caribbean Sea

1971 • 211 citations

Evolution, Mammals and Southern Continents

1977 • 159 citations

The seismicity of the Caribbean region

1965 • 156 citations

Southeastern Atlantic Canada, Northwestern Africa, and Continental Drift

1971 • 139 citations

Geophysical investigations in the eastern Caribbean: Summary of 1955 and 1956 cruises

1959 • 136 citations

Plate Tectonic Evolution of Caribbean–Gulf of Mexico Region

1971 • 129 citations

Initial Reports of the Deep Sea Drilling Project, 11

1972 • 114 citations

Paleogeography and Geological History of Greater Antilles

1971 • 108 citations

Initial Reports of the Deep Sea Drilling Project, 15

1973 • 88 citations

Problems of Tectonic Relations Between Central America and the Caribbean

1969 • 83 citations

Geology and History of the Gulf of Mexico

1972 • 82 citations

The geology of the Caribbean crust: Tertiary sediments, granitic and basic rocks from the Aves ridge

1971 • 79 citations

Geophysical study of the Cayman Trough

1968 • 77 citations

Plate Tectonics Origin of the Caribbean Mountain System of Northern South America: Discussion and Proposal

1974 • 74 citations

GEOLOGY OF CENTRAL DOMINICAN REPUBLIC

1966 • 72 citations

Tectonic rotations suggested by paleomagnetic results from northern Colombia, South America

1972 • 68 citations

Geology of the Coamo area, Puerto Rico, and its relation to the volcanic arc-trench association

1971 • 62 citations

Structure and Origin of Southeastern Bahamas

1971 • 62 citations

Chemical Evolution of the Igneous Rocks of the Eastern West Indies: An Investigation of Thorium, Uranium, and Potassium Distributions, and Lead and Strontium Isotopic Ratios

1971 • 59 citations

Geochemistry and Geochronology of the Southern Caribbean–Northern Venezuela Plate Boundary

1974 • 58 citations

Studies in Earth and Space Sciences

1972 • 58 citations

Continental Drift, IV: The Caribbean "Plate"

1972 • 53 citations

GEOLOGY OF TOBAGO, BRITISH WEST INDIES*

1948 • 52 citations

Bathymetric and geologic studies of the Guadeloupe region, Lesser Antilles Island Arc

1972 • 50 citations

Pre-Jurassic Geologic Framework Northern Gulf Basin

1973 • 48 citations

Continental Drift and the Evolution of the Biota on Southern Continents

1971 • 47 citations

Caribbean Geological Investigations

1966 • 45 citations

Geotectonic Evolution of the Southern Caribbean Area

1972 • 44 citations

Future Hydrocarbon Provinces of Gulf of Mexico-Caribbean Region

1967 • 43 citations

Nature of Ancestral Orogenic Zone in Nuclear Central America

1971 • 38 citations

Petrography and Ages of Crystalline Basement Rocks of Florida--Some Extrapolations

1969 • 38 citations

GEOLOGY JOHN, OF ST. THOMAS AND ST. JOHN, U. S. VIRGIN ISLANDS

1966 • 38 citations

Physics and Chemistry of the Earth, Vol. 5

1964 • 38 citations

Evolution of Eastern Greater Antillean Island Arc

1964 • 37 citations

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1961 • 35 citations

Plate Tectonics and the Origin of the Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico

1972 • 34 citations

Middle Cretaceous Nappe Structures in Puerto Rican Ophiolites and Their Relation to the Tectonic History of the Greater Antilles

1973 • 32 citations

Marine Paleozoic Rocks of Mexico

1969 • 31 citations

Tectonic Evolution of the Central Part of the Venezuelan Coast Ranges

1971 • 30 citations

Precambrian sedimentation, tectonics, and magmatism in Mexico

1971 • 27 citations

Geologie der Antillen

1966 • 27 citations

Stratigraphy, Sedimentation, and Structure of Late Cretaceous Rocks in Eastern Puerto Rico--Preliminary Report

1960 • 26 citations

The oceanic crust, the upper mantle, and the Mayaguez serpentinized peridotite

1964 • 26 citations

Seismic refraction measurements on the Ontong Java Plateau northeast of New Ireland

1973 • 22 citations

Metamorphic rocks from northwestern Caribbean sea

1973 • 22 citations

Gneissic Amphibolite at Las Palmas, Puerto Rico, and Its Significance in the Early History of the Greater Antilles Island Arc

1968 • 22 citations

Interstitial Water Studies on Small Core Samples, Deep Sea Drilling Project, Leg 5

1970 • 21 citations

A Plate Tectonics Origin for Late Precambrian–Paleozoic Orogenic Belt in Morocco

1974 • 20 citations

Caribbean Geophysical, Tectonic, and Petrologic Studies

1971 • 19 citations

Circum-Caribbean Explosive Volcanic Activity: Evidence from Leg 15 Sediments

1973 • 19 citations

Die Paläogeographische Entwicklung des Mittelamerikanisch-Westindischen Raumes

1965 • 19 citations

Mesozoic and Cenozoic Stratigraphy of Southeastern Guatemala

1973 • 19 citations

Mineralogy and origin of sediments from drill holes on the continental margin off Florida

1970 • 18 citations

Tectonic Framework of Southern Mexico its Bearing on the Problem of Continental Drift

1967 • 16 citations

Magnetic Anomaly Observations in the Eastern Caribbean Sea

1973 • 15 citations

Andean Research Project, Venezuela: Principal Data and Tectonic Implications

1972 • 13 citations

An outline of the geology of Trinidad

2010 • 13 citations

Sedimentary Hiatuses in the Venezuelan Basin

1973 • 12 citations

Taconian (early Caledonian) deformation in the Huasteca structural belt of eastern Mexico

1971 • 10 citations

North Atlantic Rifting in Relation to Permian-Triassic Salt Deposition

1973 • 8 citations

Circum-Caribbean Tectonic and Igneous Activity and the Evolution of the Caribbean Plate: Discussion

1973 • 5 citations

Deep-Water, Shallow-Water, and Subaerial Island-Arc Volcanism: An Example from the Virgin Islands

1972 • 4 citations

Deleted Work

1955 • 0 citations

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