Cuba · Intro
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Location. Since the late Eocene, Cuba forms part of the North American plate, which extend south to the Cayman transform system (the present-day northern limit of the Caribbean plate). During pre-late Eocene times, however, the oceanic rocks and volcanic rocks of Cuba formed part of the leading edge of the Caribbean plate. |
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Location of mayor cities. |
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Geologic Map of Cuba (1:250000). The details are not readily visible in this low resolution image. |
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Here, the major geologic elements of Cuba are better shown,... |
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and here the main metamorphic complexes, with indication of their tectonic setting of formation can be appreciated. |
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Basic lithology and stratigraphy of the major geologic elements of Cuba, with indication of some metamorphic complexes described below. Note: As compared to the original figure by Iturralde-Vinent and those presented above, in this figure the Escambray and Pinos island complexes, formerly considered as metamorphosed parts of the Yucatan margin, are considered to have formed part of a particular paleogeographic setting termed "Caribbeana" (see: Iturralde-Vinent, M.A. & García-Casco, A. 2007. Caribeana, a possible solution to a long standing puzzle: the Caribbean latest Cretaceous tectonic events. II Convención Cubana de Ciencas de la Tierra, VII Congreso de Geología, Taller de Geología del Caribe, and below). |
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