Caribbean Plate Tectonics Site

In support of IUGS/UNESCO IGCP Project 433 (2000-2005) and preserved as a forum for information exchange about the Caribbean Geology and Plate Tectonics


Iturralde 2000 Caribbean plate model Back to main Plate Model Comparison page.
Back to comparison of models by time.
Reconstructions from:
Iturralde-Vinent, M., 1998, Synopsis of the Geological Constitution of Cuba, Acta Geologica Hispanica (IGCP 433), vol. 33(1-4):9-56.

Iturralde can be reached at: Iturralde@mnhnc.inf.cu


Middle Jurassic, 175 Ma

Oxfordian, Late Jurassic, 160 Ma

Aptian, Early Cretaceous, 115 Ma

Campanian, Late Cretaceous, 76 Ma

Paleocene, 59 Ma

Middle Eocene, 40Ma

Iturralde-Vinent, M.A. and Gahagan, L.M., in press, 15th Caribbean Geological Conference in Kingston Jamaica, July 1998, T. Jackson (editor).


Early Oligocene, 35 Ma

Late Oligocene, 27 Ma

Middle Miocene, 14 Ma


Last revised: March 24, 2000

Please send comments to: Manuel Iturralde


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