Pindell and Kennan Plate Model for the Caribbean

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Plate Model for the Caribbean
By James Pindell and Lorcan Kennan

Early Jurassic
Early Jurassic		 Middle Jurassic
Middle Jurassic		 Callovian-Oxfordian
Callovian-Oxfordian
Tithonian M21 anomaly
Tithonian M21 anomaly		 Valanginian M10 anomaly
Valanginian M10 anomaly		 Early Aptian 119 Ma
Early Aptian 119 Ma
Late Albian 100 Ma
Late Albian 100 Ma		 E. Campanian 84 Ma
E. Campanian 84 Ma		 Maastrichtian 72 Ma
Maastrichtian 72 Ma
Late Paleocene 56 Ma
Late Paleocene 56 Ma		 Mid. Eocene 46 Ma
Mid. Eocene 46 Ma		 Earliest Oligocene 33 Ma
Earliest Oligocene 33 Ma
Mid-Miocene 19 Ma
Mid-Miocene 19 Ma		 Late Miocene 9-5 Ma
Late Miocene 9-5 Ma		  

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