The Ocean Basins and Margins: Volume 3 the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean

ISBN-13: 9781468485370 / Angielski / Miękka / 2013 / 706 str.

Alan Nairn

Spis treści

1. Physiography of the Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean Sea.- 2. Geophysical Studies in the Gulf of Mexico.- 3. Geophysical Studies in the Caribbean Sea.- 4. Basement Rocks Bordering the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean Sea.- 5. The Ouachita and Appalachian Orogenic Belts.- 6. Tectonic Evolution of the Southern Continental Margin of North America from a Paleozoic Perspective.- 7. Geological Summary of the Yucatan Peninsula.- 8. Paleozoic and Mesozoic Tectonic Belts in Mexico and Central America.- 9. The Northern Termination of the Andes.- 10. Geology of the Caribbean Crust.- 11. The Lesser Antilles and Aves Ridge.- 12. The Geology of Hispaniola.- 13. Geology of Cuba.- 14. Geology of Jamaica and the Nicaragua Rise.- 15. The Geological Evolution of the Caribbean and Gulf of Mexico—Some Critical Problems and Areas.