Geologic and tectonic development of the Caribbean plate boundary in northern Central America / edited by Paul Mann.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Mann, Paul, 1956-

Series:

Special papers (Geological Society of America) ; 428.

Special paper ; 428

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Geology--Central America.

Geology.

Geology--Caribbean Area.

Plate tectonics--Central America.

Plate tectonics.

Plate tectonics--Caribbean Area.

Caribbean Area.

Central America.

Physical Description:

v, 179 pages : illustrations (some color), maps (some color) ; 28 cm.

Place of Publication:

Boulder, Colo. : Geological Society of America, 2007.

Contents:

Overview of the tectonic history of northern Central America / P. Mann

Present motion and deformation of the Caribbean plate: constraints from new GPS geodetic measurements from Honduras and Nicaragua / C. DeMets ... [et al.]

Transtensional deformation of the western Caribbean-North America plate boundary zone / R.D. Rogers and P. Mann

Tectonic terranes of the Chortis block based on integration of regional aeromagnetic and geologic data / R.D. Rogers, P. Mann, and P.A. Emmet

Cretaceous intra-arc rifting, sedimentation, and basin inversion in east-central Honduras / R.D. Rogers ... [et al.]

Colon fold belt of Honduras: evidence for late cretaceous collision between the continental Chortis block and intra-oceanic Caribbean arc / R.D. Rogers ... [et al.]

Petrogenesis of Central American tertiary ignimbrites and associated Caribbean Sea tephra / B.R. Jordan ... [et al.].

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

0813724287

9780813724287

OCLC:

85892476