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

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Mann, Paul, 1956-

Geological Society of America.

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.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (v, 179 pages) : illustrations (some color), maps (some color).

Place of Publication:

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

System Details:

Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212

text file

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 [and others]

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 [and others]

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

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

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

Print version record.

Electronic reproduction. [S.l.] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2011.

Other Format:

Print version: Geologic and tectonic development of the Caribbean plate boundary in northern Central America.

OCLC:

989695857

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.