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Mesozoic and Cenozoic Plate Evolution of the Caribbean Region

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Published1985
Citations50
References84

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Initial reports of the deep sea drilling project

1971 • 4,048 citations

Present‐day plate motions

1978 • 2,261 citations

The fit of the continents around the Atlantic

1965 • 1,208 citations

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

1969 • 816 citations

Island Arcs, Deep Sea Trenches and Back‐Arc Basins

1977 • 782 citations

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1982 • 721 citations

Permo‐Triassic reconstruction of western Pangea and the evolution of the Gulf of Mexico/Caribbean region

1982 • 618 citations

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

1973 • 377 citations

Pliocene closing of the Isthmus of Panama, based on biostratigraphic evidence from nearby Pacific Ocean and Caribbean Sea cores

1978 • 335 citations

Motion of Caribbean Plate during last 7 million years and implications for earlier Cenozoic movements

1982 • 333 citations

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

1972 • 331 citations

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1977 • 317 citations

The evolution of Middle America and the Gulf of Mexico–Caribbean Sea region during Mesozoic time

1983 • 307 citations

Initial Reports of the Deep Sea Drilling Project, 25

1974 • 302 citations

Plate tectonic evolution of the Caribbean region in the mantle reference frame

1984 • 302 citations

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

1960 • 212 citations

Buoyant ocean floor and the evolution of the Caribbean

1978 • 188 citations

Relative motion of South America with respect to North America and Caribbean tectonics

1976 • 170 citations

Initial Reports of the Deep Sea Drilling Project, 40

1978 • 164 citations

The seismicity of the Caribbean region

1965 • 156 citations

Neogene Caribbean Plate rotation and associated Central American tectonic evolution

1983 • 151 citations

Volcanic History of Nicaragua

1967 • 136 citations

Plate Tectonics, Paleomagnetism, and the Opening of the Atlantic

1972 • 130 citations

Plate Tectonic Evolution of Caribbean–Gulf of Mexico Region

1971 • 129 citations

Inversion of magnetic anomalies and sea-floor spreading in the Cayman Trough

1978 • 118 citations

Paleogeography and Geological History of Greater Antilles

1971 • 108 citations

Evidence for sea-floor spreading in the Cayman Trough

1973 • 108 citations

169 : Caribbean Gravity Field and Plate Tectonics

1976 • 98 citations

Zoned Ultramafic Complexes of the Alaskan Type: Feeder Pipes of Andesitic Volcanoes

1972 • 89 citations

Initial Reports of the Deep Sea Drilling Project, 15

1973 • 88 citations

GEOPHYSICAL INVESTIGATIONS IN THE EASTERN CARIBBEAN: VENEZUELAN BASIN, ANTILLES ISLAND ARC, AND PUERTO RICO TRENCH

1957 • 85 citations

Igneous series in island arcs: The northeastern Caribbean compared with worldwide island-arc assemblages

1980 • 80 citations

Alter und Genese des Nicoya-Komplexes, einer ozeanischen Paläokruste (Oberjura bis Eozän) im südlichen Zentralamerika

1979 • 79 citations

The geologic history of the Nicoya Ophiolite Complex, Costa Rica, and its geotectonic significance

1980 • 78 citations

Geophysical study of the Cayman Trough

1968 • 77 citations

Offset across the Polochic fault of Guatemala and Chiapas, Mexico

1978 • 76 citations

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

1974 • 74 citations

CARIBBEAN LAND AND SEA THROUGH THE AGES

1954 • 73 citations

GEOLOGY OF CENTRAL DOMINICAN REPUBLIC

1966 • 72 citations

Petrology of submarine basalts from the central Caribbean: DSDP Leg 15

1975 • 70 citations

HIGH-TEMPERATURE ALPINE-TYPE PERIDOTITE FROM VENEZUELA

1960 • 64 citations

GEOLOGY OF THE MAYAGÜEZ AREA, PUERTO RICO

1960 • 62 citations

Basalts and Dolerites of Late Cretaceous Age from the Central Caribbean

1973 • 59 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

Late Paleozoic collision of North and South America

1979 • 58 citations

Two Cretaceous volcanic episodes in the western Pacific Ocean

1983 • 57 citations

Principal Features of Cuban Geology

1967 • 55 citations

Continental Drift, IV: The Caribbean "Plate"

1972 • 53 citations

Geology of Jamaica and the Nicaragua Rise

1975 • 51 citations

Multichannel seismic study in the Venezuelan Basin and the Curacao Ridge

1977 • 51 citations

Petrogenesis of Lavas from Cinder Cone Fields behind the Volcanic Front of Central America

1981 • 51 citations

Jurassic and Early Cretaceous radiolarians in Puerto Rican ophiolite—Tectonic implications

1979 • 49 citations

Reflector Horizons and Paleobathymetric History, Eastern Panama

1973 • 48 citations

Late Cenozoic alkaline volcanism in the northwestern Caribbean: tectonic setting and Sr isotopic characteristics

1982 • 47 citations

Multifold seismic reflection records from the northern Venezuela Basin and the north slope of the Muertos Trench

1977 • 41 citations

Tectonic significance of paleomagnetic data from northern Venezuela

1980 • 39 citations

Pre-Cretaceous Rocks of Northwestern Honduras: Basement Terrane in Sierra de Omoa

1976 • 39 citations

Paleogeography and Geological History of the Greater Antilles.

1972 • 35 citations

Linear Magnetic Anomalies in the Colombia Basin, Central Caribbean Sea

1973 • 34 citations

Geochronologic and isotopic study of the La Désirade island basement complex: Jurassic oceanic crust in the Lesser Antilles?

1980 • 33 citations

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

1973 • 32 citations

Ages et structures des complexes basiques et ultrabasiques de la facade pacifique entre 3 degrees N et 12 degrees N (Colombie, Panama et Costa Rica)

1982 • 32 citations

Upraised Caribbean Sea floor below acoustic reflector B″ at the southern peninsula of Haiti

1979 • 31 citations

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

1973 • 31 citations

Tectonic Evolution of the Central Part of the Venezuelan Coast Ranges

1971 • 30 citations

The ophiolitic Bath-Dunrobin Formation, Jamaica: significance for Cretaceous plate margin evolution in the north-western Caribbean

1982 • 30 citations

Mineralogy and Chemistry of Caribbean Sediments

1973 • 28 citations

Geologie der Antillen

1966 • 27 citations

Structural Relations of Pre-Mesozoic Rocks of Northern Central America

1969 • 26 citations

Chemical Oceanography

1980 • 17 citations

Accreted terranes

1983 • 17 citations

Fragmented Andean Belt of Northern Colombia

1971 • 15 citations

Magnetic Anomaly Observations in the Eastern Caribbean Sea

1973 • 15 citations

Potassium-argon dating of magmatic events and hydrothermal activity associated with porphyry copper mineralization in west central Puerto Rico

1982 • 15 citations

Thrust faults and related structures in eastern Cuba

1947 • 13 citations

Nuevo modelo interpretativo de la evolución geológica de Cuba

1981 • 12 citations

GEOLOGY AND METAMORPHISM OF CRETACEOUS ROCKS IN EASTERN CARABOBO STATE, VENEZUELAN COAST RANGES

1966 • 11 citations

The ocean basins and margins Volume 3: The Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean

1981 • 10 citations

Sedimentation and Tectonism in the Upper Cretaceous Puerto Rican Portion of the Caribbean Island Arc

1969 • 9 citations

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1977 • 9 citations

Chemistry of Sediments of the Western Atlantic: Site 417 Compared with Sites 9, 105, 386, and 387

1980 • 4 citations

GEOLOGY OF THE LA VICTORIA AREA, ARAGUA, VENEZUELA

1960 • 4 citations

Deleted Work

1955 • 0 citations

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