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


Malfait & Dinkelman 1972 Caribbean plate model Back to main Plate Model Comparison page.

Back to comparison of models by time.

Reconstructions from:

Malfait, B. T. and Dinkelman, M. G., 1972, Circum-Caribbean Tectonic and Igneous Activity and the Evolution of the Caribbean Plate, Geological Society of America Bulletin, 83 (2), p. 251-271.

Malfait can be reached at: bmalfait@nsf.gov


Late Cretaceous

Paleocene

Early Oligocene

Middle Miocene

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Last revised: March 13, 2000

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