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Jackson, A.T. (Editor), 2002. Caribbean Geology into the Third Millennium: Transactions of the Fifteenth Caribbean Geological Conference. University of the West Indies Press, Jamaica, 279 pp.

Table of Contents

Meschede, M. and Frish, W., The evolution of the Caribbean plate and its relation to global plate motion vectors: Geometric constr4aints for an inter-American origin, p. 1-14.

Giunta, G., Beccaluva, L., Coltorti, M. and Siena, F., Tectono-magmatic significance of the peri-Caribbean ophiolitic units and geodynamic implications, p. 15-34.

Cobiella-Reguera, J., Remains of ceanic lithosphere in Cuba: Types, origin and emplacement ages, p. 35-46.

Iturralde-Vinent, M.A. and Gahagan, L., Late Eocene to Middle Miocene Tectonic Evolution of the Caribbean: Some principles and their implications for plate tectonic modelling, p. 47-62.

Meschede, M., Barckhausen, U. and Worm, H.-U., The evolution of the Cocos-Nazca spreading centre and overprinting hot spot traces, p. 63-72.

Coleman, A.J. and Winslow, M.A., Tertiary tectonics of the Hispaniola Fault Zone in the northwestern Piedmont of the Cordillera Central, Dominican, p. 73-85.

Weber, J.C. and Ferrill, D.A., Structural geology of the Tompire Bay outcrops, eastern Northern Range, Trinidad, p. 87-95.

Abbott, R.N., Jr. and Draper, G., Retrograded eclogite in the Cuaba amphibolite of the Rio San Juan Complex, Northern Hispaniola, p. 97-106.

Jackson, T.A. and Scott, P.W., The Paleogene volcanic rocks of Cuba and Jamaica: Similarities and differences, p. 107-117.

Smiley, C.J., Lower Cretaceouos plants from the Dominican Republic, p. 119-129.

Mitchell, S.F., The fauna of Jamaican Cretaceous coral reefs, p. 131-137.

Harper, D.A.T., Fossil brachiopoda of the Caribbean region: Biodiversity patterns, p. 139-148.

Fleugeman, R.F., Planktonic and benthic foraminifera from the Moore Town Shales (Paleocene) at the Fellowship Bridge Section, Portland, Jamaica, p. 149-154.

Pickerill, R.K., Dnovan, S.K., Mitchell, S.F. and Keighly, D.G., Late Cenocoic trace fossils from southeast coastal Jamaica, p. 155-165.

Donovan, S.K., Harper, D.A.T., Blackman, I.M. and Simpson, G.A., Pleistocene echinoids from the fore reef palaeoenviornments in Barbados and eastern Jamaica: A comparison, p. 167-171.

Harper, D.A.T. and Donovan, S.K., Pleistocene Brachiopods from carbonate cover sequences in the Caribbean region: Barbados and Jamaica compared, p. 173-179.

Jones, A.T. and Dill, R.G., The Great Blue Hole of Lighthouse Reef Atoll, Belize, Central America: Deep technical diving to collect sea-level records, p. 181-193.

Astacio, V.A., Lewis, J.F., Campbell, A.R. and Espaillat, J., Oxygen isotope and alteration geochemistry of the Cerro de Maimón Massive sulphide deposit, Dominican Republic, p. 195-208.

Bandy, B., Jackson, T.A. and Scott, P.W., Mineralogy of the sand-sized sediments in the Rio Minho drainage basin, Jamaica, p. 209-219.

Knight, J.C., Scott, J.P. and Grierson, L.H., The Devil's Woodyard Mud Volcano of Trinidad: Chemistry and mineralogy, p. 221-228.

Audemard M., F.A., Soil liquefaction during the Caracas 1967 and the Boca de Tocuyto 1989 eqrthquakes, Venezuela: Its significance for human settlements on active alluvial and coastal areas, p. 229-234.

Harris, N., Rain-induced slope failures and damage assessment in Portland, Jamaica: The flood event of January 3-4, 1998, p. 235-255.

Trombley, R.B., An improved statistical long-range volcano eruption forecasting programme, "Eruption" Pro 9.6, p. 257-268.

Donovan, S.K., Jackson, T.A. and Miller, D.J., Fieldwork: A key component in teaching geology and geomorphology at the University of the West Indies, Jamaica, p. 269-279.