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


Kerr et al. 1999 Caribbean plate model Back to main Plate Model Comparison page.
Back to comparison of models by time.
Reconstructions from:
Kerr, A.C., Iturralde Vinent, M.A., Saunders, A.D., Babbs, T.L., and Tarney, J., 1999, A new plate tectonic model of the Caribbean: Implications from a geochemical reconnaissance of Cuban Mesozoic volcanic rocks, Geological Society of America Bulletin, 111(11): 1581-1599, Figure 11.

Kerr can be reached at: ack2@le.ac.uk


Late Jurassic, 165 Ma

Late Jurassic, 145 Ma

Early Cretaceous, 110 Ma

Late Cretaceous, 80 Ma

Paleocene, 60 Ma

Eocene, 45 Ma


Last revised: March 16, 2000

Please send comments to: Manuel Iturralde


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