Evolution of southern Caribbean plate boundary, vicinity of Trinidad and Tobago

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Apr 1989

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1989baapg..73..490r&link_type=abstract

American Association of Petroleum Geologists, Bulletin (ISSN 0149-1423), vol. 73, April 1989, p. 490-509.

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Geological Surveys, Island Arcs, Planetary Evolution, Plates (Tectonics), Structural Properties (Geology), Caribbean Region, Geological Faults, Seismology, Stratigraphy, Trinidad And Tobago

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The tectonic evolution of the southeastern corner of the Caribbean is examined, using field data from the El Pilar fault zone of Trinidad and offshore seismic data. It is found that the dominant process in the region's tectonic evolution is strike-slip motion on at least five major fault systems in a 250-km wide east-west-trending plate-boundary zone extending from Grenada in the north to the Orinoco River in the south. The geological effects of this evolution over the past 30 m y are described.

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