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Babb, S., 1997. Tectonics and Sedimentation of the Gulf of Paria and Northern Basin, Trinidad. PhD Thesis, University of Texas at Austin, 200 pp.

Babb, S. and Mann, P., 1999. Structural and sedimentary development of a Neogene transpressional plate boundary between the Caribbean and South America plates in Trinidad and the Gulf of Paria. In: P. Mann (Editor), Caribbean Basins. Sedimentary Basins of the World. Elsevier Science B.V., Amsterdam, The Netherlands, pp. 495-557.

Babb, S.a.M., P., 1999. Structural and sedimentary development of a Neogene transpressional plate boundary between the Caribbean and South America plates in Trinidad and the Gulf of Paria. In: P. Mann (Editor), Caribbean Basins. Sedimentary Basins of the World, 4. Elsevier, Amsterdam, pp. 495-557.

Babcock, L.C., 1970. Micropaleontologic Correlation of a Group of Cores from a Submarine Plain Southeast of Puerto Rico. NUSC Report TD 93, Naval Underwater Systems Center.

Babushkin, V., 1990. Informe de los trabajos de levantamiento geológico a escala 1:50 000 y búsquedas acompañantes en el municipio especial Isla de la Juventud (Report on the geologic uplift at scale 1:50000 and accompanying searches in the special Isla de la Juventud municipality), Fondo Geológico Nacional, La Habana.

Bachew, S. and Lewis, N., 1986. The impact of beach sand mining at Goldsborough Bay, Tobago. Transactions of the First Geological Conference of the Geological Society of Trinidad & Tobago: 78-84.

Back, J.A., 1991. The effects of lithified calcium carbonate on tropical coastal processes. Transactions of the Second Geological Conference of the Geological Society of Trinidad & Tobago: 50-55.

Back, W., Hanshaw, B., Ward, W.C. and et al., 1982. Geology and hydrogeology of carbonate rocks of the northeastern Yucatan Peninsula. In: W.C. Ward, A.E. Weidie and W. Back (Editors), Geology and Hydrogeology of the Yucatan and Quaternary Geology of Northeastern Yucatan Peninsula. New Orleans Geological Society, New Orleans, LA, pp. 160.

Bader, R.G. (Editor), 1970. Leg 4, 4. US Government Printing Office, Washington D.C? pp.

Baie, L.F., 1970. Possible structural link between Yucatan and Cuba. American Association of Petroleum Geologists Bulletin, 54: 2204-2207.

Baldock, J.W., 1982. Geology of Ecuador. Explanatory Bulletin of the National Geological Map of the Republic of Ecuador, Ministry of Natural Resources and Energy, Quito Ecuador.

Baldwin, B., 1986. Geology of Belize. In: L.E. Harding and P.J. Coney (Editors), A Collection of Papers Honoring Brewster Baldwin. Middlebury College Press, Middlebury, VT, pp. 15-24.

Ball Associates, 1958. North Portion of Burica Peninsula, Chiriqui Province, Panama. Ball Associates.

Ball, M.M., Harr ison, C.G.A., Supko, P.R., Bock, W. and Maloney, N.J., 1971. Marine geophysical measurements on the southern boundary of the Caribbean Sea. In: T.W. Donnelly (Editor), Caribbean Geophysical, Tectonic, and Petrologic Studies. Geological Society of America Memoirs, Boulder, CO, pp. 1-33.

Ball, M.M. and Harrison, C.G.A., 1969. Origin of the Gulf and Caribbean and implications regarding ocean ridge extension, migration, and shear, Transcripts Gulf Coast Association Geological Society, pp. 287- 294.

Ball, M.M. and Harrison, C.G.A., 1970. Crustal plates in the central Atlantic. Science, 167: 1128-1129.

Ball, M.M. et al., 1985. Seismic structure and stratigraphy of northern edge of Bahaman-Cuban collision zone. American Association of Petroleum Geologists Bulletin, 69: 1275-1294.

Ball, M.M., R et al., 1984. Geophysical measurements on northern edge of Bahama-Cuban collision zone, Oil and Gas Journal, pp. 132-141.

Ballard, M.M., Van der Voo, R. and Urrutia-Fucugauchi, J., 1989. Paleomagnetic results from Grenvillian-aged rocks from Oaxaca, Mexico: Evidence for a displaced terrane. Precambrian Research, 42: 343-352.

Bally, A.W., 1999. Using seismic attributes to predict reservoir properties: Potential risks. Bulletin - Houston Geological Society, 41(7): 9-10.

Bally, K., 1984. The Herrera Sandstone of the Barrackpore-Wilson Oilfield of Trinidad. B.S. Thesis, The University of Manitoba.

Baltuck, M., Taylor, E. and McDougall, K., 1985. Mass movement along the inner wall of the Middle America Trench, Costa Rica. In: R. von Huene, J. Aubouin and e. al. (Editors), Initial Reports of the Deep Sea Drilling Project, 84. U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, DC, pp. 551-570.

Balzer, V.G., 1999. The Late Miocene history of sediment subduction and recycling as recorded in the Nicaraguan Volcanic arc. MS Thesis, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas.

Bandel, K. and Wedler, E., 1987. Hydroid, amphineuran, and gastropod zonation in the littoral of the Caribbean Sea, Colombia. Senckenbergiana Maritima, 19(1-2): 129.

Bandy, B., Jackson, T.A. and Scott, P.W., 2002. Mineralogy of the sand-sized sediments in the Rio Minho drainage basin, Jamaica. In: T.A. Jackson (Editor), Caribbean Geology Into the Third Millennium: Transactions of the Fifteenth Caribbean Geological Conference. University of the West Indies Press, Mona, Jamaica, pp. 209-219.

Bandy, O., 1964. Foraminiferal biofacies in sediments of the Gulf of Batabano, Cuba, and their geologic significance. American Association of Petroleum Geologists Bulletin, 48: 1666-1679.

Bandy, O.L., 1970. Upper Cretaceous-Cenozoic paleobathymetric cycles, eastern Panama and northern Colombia. Transactions of the Gulf Coast Association Geological Society, 20: 181-193.

Bandy, O.L. and Arnal, R.E., 1957. Distribution of Recent foraminifera off the west coast of Central America. Bulletin of the American Association of Petroleum Geologists, 41(9): 2037-2053.

Bandy, O.L. and Casey, R.E., 1973. Reflector horizons and paleobathymetric cycles, eastern Panama. Bulletin of the Geological Society of America, 84: 3081-3086.

Bandy, W., Morteragutierrez, C., Urrutiafucugauchi, J. and Hilde, T.W.C., 1995. The subducted Rivera-Cocos plate boundary: Where is it, what is it, and what is its relationship to the Colima rift? Geophysical Research Letters, 22(22): 3075-3078.

Bandy, W. and Pardo, M., 1994. Statistical examination of the existence and relative motion of the Jalisco and southern Mexico blocks. Tectonics, 13(4): 755-768.

Bandy, W.L., 1992. Geological and geophysical investigation of the Rivera-Cocos plate boundary; implications for plate fragmentation. 255.

Bandy, W.L. et al., 1998. Relative motions of the Pacific, Rivera, North American, and Cocos plates since 0.78 Ma: Discussion and reply. Journal of Geophysical Research, B, Solid Earth and Planets, 103(10): 24225-24256.

Bane, S.C. and Champong, R.R., 1985. Geology and development of Teak Field, Trinidad and Tobago, Transactions of the Fourth Latin American Geological Conference, Port-of-Spain, July 7-15, 1979, pp. 672-683.

Bane, S.C. and Chanpong, R.R., 1980. Geology and development of the Teak Oil Field, Trinidad, West Indies, Giant Oil and Gas Fields of the Decade, 1968-1978. American Association of Petroleum Geologists Memoir. American Association of Petroleum Geologists, Tulsa, OK, pp. 387-398.

Bangs, N.L., Christeson, G.L. and Shipley, T.H., 2003. Structure of the Lesser Antilles subduction zone backstop and its role in a large accretionary system. Journal of Geophysical Research, 108(B7): 2358.

Bangs, N.L., Shipley, T.H. and Moore, G.F., 1996. Elevated fluid pressure and fault zone dilation inferred from seismic models of the northern Barbados Ridge decollement. Journal of Geophysical Research - Solid Earth, 101(B1): 627-642.

Bangs, N.L.B., 1991. Seismic velocity variations in the Barbados Ridge Complex and hydrogeologic influences on accretionary wedge tectonics. PhD Thesis, Columbia University, 185 pp.

Bangs, N.L.B., Shipley, T.H., Moore, J.C. and Moore, G.F., 1999. Fluid accumulation and channeling along the northern Barbados Ridge decollement thrust. Journal of Geophysical Research - Solid Earth, 104(B9): 20399-20414.

Banks, N.G. and Richards, M.L., 1969. Structure and bathymetry of western end of Bartlett Trough, Caribbean Sea, Tectonic Relations of Northern Central America and the Western Caribbean-the Bonacca Expedition. American Association of Petroleum Geologists Memoir. American Association of Petroleum Geologists, Tulsa, OK, pp. 221-228.

Banks, P.O., 1975. Basement rocks bordering the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean Sea. In: A.E.M. Narin and F.G. Stehli (Editors), The Ocean Basins and Margins: 3, The Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean. Plenum Press, New York, pp. 181-199.

Baptiste, J., 1995. Hydrogeological Study of the Lower Yallahs Basin, St. Thomas, Jamaica. PhD Thesis, University of the West Indies? pp.

Barabas, A.H., 1982. Potassium-argon dating of magmatic events and hydrothermal activity associated with prophyry copper mineralization in west central Puerto Rico. Economic Geology, 77: 109-126.

Barbeito, J., Pettelli, R. and Evans, A.M., 1985. Estudio estratigáfico del Eoceno en el área de Maracaibo, Venezuela occidental, basado en interpretaciones paleontológicas y palinológicas (Stratigraphic study of the Eocene in the Maricaibo area, western Venezuela, based on paleontological and palinological interpretations). Venezuelan Geological Congress (Caracas, Venezuela): 109-139.

Barberi, F. et al., 1988. Plio-Quaternary volcanism in Ecuador. Geological Magazine, 125: 1-14.

Barboza, G., Fernández, J.A., Barrientos, K. and Bottazi, G., 1997. Costa Rica: Petroleum geology of the Caribbean margin. The Leading Edge, 16: 1787-1798.

Barckhausen, U., Ranero, C.R., von Huene, R., Cande, S.C. and Roeser, H.A., 2001. Revised tectonic boundaries in the Cocos Plate off Costa Rica: Implications for the segmentation of the convergent margin and for plate tectonic models. Journal of Geophysical Research Solid Earth, 106(B9): 19207-19220.

Barckhausen, U., Roeser, H.A. and von Huene, R., 1998. Magnetic signature of upper plate structures and subducting seamounts at the convergent margin off Costa Rica. Journal of Geophysical Research, B, Solid Earth and Planets, 103(4): 7079-7093.

Barday, R.J., 1974. Structure of the Panamá Basin from Marine Gravity Data. MS Thesis, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR, 99 pp.

Bardintzeff, J.M. and Deniel, C., 1992. Magmatic evolution of Paeaya and Cerro Chiquito volcanological complex, Guatemala. Bulletin of Volcanology, 54: 267-283.

Bargar, K.E., 1991. Fluid inclusions and preliminary studies of hydrothermal alteration in core hole PLTG-1, Platanares geothermal area, Honduras. Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research, 45: 147-160.

Barker, L. (Editor), 1988a. Transactions of the 11th Caribbean Geological Conference, Barbados, July 20-26, 1986. Unknown, Barbados, 518 pp.

Barker, L. (Editor), 1988b. Transactions of the 11th Caribbean Geological Conference, Dover Beach, Barbados, July 20-26, 1986, 518 pp.

Barker, L., Gordon, J., Brathwaite, A. and Chaderton, N., 2002. A Bajan Potpourri - Field Trip #3, 16th Caribbean Geological Conference, June 16th-21st, 2002, Barbados, West Indies - Field Guides. Government Printing Department, Barbados, West Indies, pp. 99-116.

Barker, M.H.S. and Roberts, K.H., 1968. No 6A South Trinidad. In: J.B. Saunders (Editor), Transactions of the 4th Caribbean Geological Conference, Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago, 28 March-12 April 1965, pp. 435-?

Barlow, C.A., 1973. Radar Geology and Tectonic Implications of the Choco Basin, Colombia, South America. MS Thesis, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AK, 102 pp.

Barnett, J.F., 1941. Report of Semi-detailed Geology of Mosaics. 20 (Trinchera-Dos Hermanos) 28 (Saban Yegua) 29 (Rio Mijo), Standard Oil Company of New Jersey.

Barnett, R.S., 1975. Basement structure of Florida and its tectonic implications. Transactions of the Gulf Coast Association of Geological Societies, 25: 122-142.

Barquero-Picado, R., 1990. Seismicity and tectonics of the region northeast of Costa Rica with emphasis on the area of the Miravalles geothermal project, Central American School of Geology, San José, Costa Rica, 117 pp.

Barr, K., 1952. Limestone blocks in the Lower Cretaceous Cuche Formation of the Central Range, Trinidad, B. W. I. Geological Magazine, 89: 417-425.

Barr, K.G. and Robson, G.R., 1963. Seismic delays in the eastern Caribbean. Geophysical Journal of the Royal Astronomical Society, 7(3): 342-349.

Barr, K.W., 1962. The geology of the Toco district, Trinidad and West Indies, part 1. Oversea Geology and Mineral Resources, 9: 1-29.

Barr, K.W., 1968. No. 2 Eastern Northern Range and Toco District. In: J.B. Saunders (Editor), Transactions of the 4th Caribbean Geological Conference, Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago, 28 March-12 April 1965, pp. 430-?

Barr, K.W., 1974. The Caribbean and plate tectonics - Some aspects of the problem.): 45-67.

Barr, K.W., 1985. Graded bedding and associated phenomena in the Northern Range of Trinidad, Transactions of the Fourth Latin American Geological Conference, Port-of-Spain, July 7-15, 1979, pp. 117-135.

Barr, K.W. and Escalante, G., 1969. Contribucion al esclarecimiento de la edad del complejo de Nicoya, Costa Rica (Contribution to the clarification of the age of the Nicoya complex, Costa Rica). Publicaciones geologicas del Instituto centroamericano de Investigacion y Tecnologia industriales, 2: 43-47.

Barr, K.W. and Saunders, J.B., 1968. An outline of the geology of Trinidad. In: J.B. Saunders (Editor), Transactions of the Fourth Caribbean Geological Conference, Port-of-Spain, Trinidad & Tobago. Caribbean Printers, Arima, pp. 1-10.

Barr, K.W., Waite, S.T. and Wilson, C.C., 1958. The mode of oil occurrence in the Miocene of southern Trinidad, B.W.I. In: W.L. G. (Editor), Habitat of oil: A Symposium of the American Association of Petroleum Geologists. pp. 533-550.

Barrantes, M., 1991. Petrographic comments on some rocks cropping out in the central region of Costa Rica. Geological Magazine of Central America, 12?

Barreat, F. et al., 1986. Preliminary recognition of the Chimanta massif, Edo Bolivar (Venezuela). Chimanta Scientific Group (Reconocimiento preliminar del macizo de Chimantá, Edo Bolívar (Venezuela). Grupo Científico Chimantá). Acta Cient. Venezolana, 37(1): 35-42.

Barrero-L., D., 1979. Geology of the central Western Cordillera, west of Buga and Roldanillo, Colombia. INGEOMINAS, Bogota (Colombia) Publicacion Especial, 4: 75.

Barrero-L., D. and Vesga, C., 1978. Edades K/Ar en rocas igneas y metamorficas de la Cordillera Central de Colombia y su implicacion geologica (K/Ar ages in igneous and metamorphic rocks of the Central Cordillera of Colombia and their geologic implications), Segundo Congreso Colombiano de Geologia, Resumenes, Bogota (Colombia), pp.?

Barrett, W., 1962. Emerged and submerged shorelines of the Dominican-Republic. Review of Geography, 30: 51-77.

Barrier, E., Velasquillo, L., Chavez, M. and Gaulon, R., 1998. Neotectonic evolution of the Isthmus of Tehuantepec (Southeastern Mexico). Tectonophysics, 287(1-4): 77-96.

Barritt, S. and Berrangé, J.P., 1987. Interpretation of a gravity survey of the Osa Peninsula and environs, Southern Costa Rica. Overseas Geology and Mineral Resources(64): 1-18.

Barron, T.A., 1985. Late Eocene to Holocene diatom biostratigraphy of the Equatorial Pacific Ocean. In? (Editor), Initial Reports of the Deep Sea Drilling Project, 85. U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, pp. 181-193.

Barros, J.A., 1987. Stratigraphy, Structure and Paleogeography of the Jurassic-Cretaceous Passive Margin in Western and Central Cuba. MS Thesis, University of Miami, Coral Gables, FL, 150 pp.

Bartenstein, H., 1987. Micropaleontological synopsis of the Lower Cretaceous in Trinidad, West Indies: Remarks on the Aptian/Albian boundary. Newsletters on Stratigraphy, 17(3): 143-154.

Bartenstein, H., Bettenstaedt, F. and Bolli, H.M., 1957. Die Foraminiferen der Unterkreide von Trinidad, B.W.I., Erster Teil: Cuche and Toco Formation. Ecologae Geol. Helv., 50(1): 5-67.

Bartenstein, H., Bettenstaedt, F. and Bolli, H.M., 1966. Die Forminiferen der Unterkreide von Trinidad, B.W.I., Zweiter Teil: Maridale-Formation. Ecologae Geol. Helv., 59(1)?

Bartenstein, H. and Bolli, H.M., 1986. The foraminifera in the Lower Cretaceous of Trinidad, W.I.; V, Maridale Formation, upper part; Hedbergella rohri Zone. Eclogae Geologicae Helvetiae, 79(3): 945-999.

Bartlett, G.W. and Bruce, P.N., 1985. A thermal classification model for Trinidad crude oils; a thermal analysis approach. In: A. Khazoom (Editor), Third International Conference on Heavy Crude and Tar Sands, Long Beach, CA, July 22-31, 1985, pp. 641-649.

Bartok, P., 1993. Pre-breakup geology of the Gulf of Mexico-Caribbean: Its relation to Triassic and Jurassic rift systems of the region. Tectonics, 12: 441-459.

Bartok, P., Reijers, T.J.A. and Juhasz, I., 1981. Lower Cretaceous Cogollo Group, Maracaibo basin, Venezuela: Sedimentology, diagenesis, and petrophysics. Bulletin of the American Association of Petroleum Geologists, 5: 1110-1134.

Bartok, P.E., Renz, O. and Westermann, G.E.G., 1985. The Siquisique ophiolites, northern Lara State, Venezuela: A discussion on their Middle Jurassic ammonites and tectonic implications. Bulletin of the Geological Society of America, 96: 1050-1055.

Bartolini, C., Buffler, R.T. and Blickwede, J.F., 2003a. The circum-Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean; hydrocarbon habitats, basin formation, and plate tectonics, 79. AAPG, Tulsa, OK, 975 pp.

Bartolini, C., Lang, H. and Spell, T., 2003b. Geochronology, geochemistry, and tectonic setting of the Mesozoic Nazas Arc in north-central Mexico, and its continuation to northern South America. In: C. Bartolini, R.T. Buffler and J.F. Blickwede (Editors), The circum-Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean; hydrocarbon habitats, basin formation, and plate tectonics. Memoir. AAPG, Tulsa, OK, pp. 427-461.

Bartolini, C., Wilson, J. and Lawson, T. (Editors), 1999. Mesozoic Sedimentary and Tectonic History of North Central Mexico. Special Paper, 340. Geological Society of America, Boulder, CO, 388 pp.

Basanin, A.K., 1995. Tectonophysical prognosis of gold mineralization for Florensia deposit region (Cuba). Doklady Akademii Nauk, 344(3): 356-358.

Basentsyan, S.A., Kogan, L.I., Svistunov, Y.I., Shlezinger, A.Y. and Yanshin, A.L., 1983. Tectonics of the junction zone between the Lesser-Antilles island arc and the Atlantic Ocean floor according to seismic data. International Geology Review, 25(2): 225-236.

Bass, M.N., 1969. Petrography and Ages of Crystalline Basement Rocks of Florida-Some Extrapolations. In? (Editor)? American Association of Petroleum Geologists Memoir. American Association of Petroleum Geologists, Tulsa, OK, pp. 283-310.

Bassin, N.J., 1975. Analysis of Total Suspended Matter in the Caribbean Sea. PhD Thesis, Department of Geology, College Station, TX, 118 pp.

Bassinger, B.G., Harbison, R.N. and Weeks, L.A., 1971. Marine geophysical study northeast of Trinidad-Tobago. American Association of Petroleum Geologists Bulletin, 55(10): 1730-1740.

Bateson, J.H., 1972. New interpretation of geology of Maya Mountains, British Honduras. Bulletin of the American Association of Petroleum Geologists, 56: 956-963.

Bateson, J.H. and Hall, I.H.S., 1977. The Geology of the Maya Mountains, Belize. Institute of Geological Sciences, Overseas Memoir, 3. Institute of Geological Sciences, Unknown, 43 pp.

Bathurst, R.G.C., 1976. Gulf of Batabano:Carbonate Sediments and Their Diagenesis. Developments in Sedimentology, New York, pp. 165-178.

Batista, J., Rodríguez-Infante, A., Blanco-Moreno, J. and Proenza, J.A., 2002. Structure of the ophiolitic massif of Moa (NE of Cuba) following the interpretation of aeromagnetic uplift 1:50,000 (Estructura del macizo ofiolítico de Moa (NE de Cuba) según la interpretación del levantamiento aeromagnético 1: 50 000). Acta Geologica Hispanica, 37: 369-387.

Batjes, D.A., 1968. Paleoecology of foraminiferal assemblages in the late Miocene Cruse and Forest Formations of Trinidad, Antilles. In: J.B. Saunders (Editor), Transactions of the Fourth Caribbean Geological Conference, Port-of-Spain, Trinidad & Tobago. Caribbean Printers, Arima, pp. 141-156.

Bauer, C. and Stanek, K.P., 2000. Remote sensing and GIS as means of interpretation of geoscientific data of the example of Central Cuba (Fernerkundung und GIS als Hilfsmittel zur Interpretation von geowissenschaftlichen Daten am Beispiel aus Zentralkuba). In: J. Albertz (Editor), Vorträge - 19. Wissenschaftlich-Technische Jahrestagung der DGPF, 13. - 15. Oktober 1999, Univ. GH Essen: Photogrammetrie und Fernerkundung, neue Sensoren - neue Anwendungen. - Publ. DGPF, Berlin, pp. 453-459.

Baum, F., 1963. Informe sobre las Depositos y Yacimientos de Minerals en la Republica Dominicana (Report on the Deposits and Mineral Deposits in the Dominican Republic). Servicio Geologico Federal Aleman, Santo Domingo, 56 pp.

Baum, R.L. et al., 2001. Assessment of Landslide Hazards Resulting from the February 13, 2001, El Salvador Earthquake: A Report to the Government of El Salvador and the U.S. Agency for International Development. 01-0119, U.S. Geological Survey.

Baumbach, M. et al., 2004. Aftershock pattern of the July 9, 1997 Mw=6.9 Cariaco earthquake in Northeastern Venezuela. Tectonophysics, 379(1-4): 1-23.

Baumgartner, P., Obando, J., Mora, C., Channell, J. and Steck, A., 1989. Paleogene accretion and suspect terranes in southern Costa Rica (Osa, Burica, Central America). In: D. Larue and G. Draper (Editors), Transactions of the 12th Caribbean geological Conference, St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands, pp. 529.

Baumgartner, P.O., 1987. Tectonica y sedimentacion del Cretacico superior en la zona pacifica de Costa Rica (America Central) (Tectonics and sedimentation of the Upper Cretaceous in the Pacific zone of Costa Rica). Actas de la Faculdad de Ciencias de la Tierra de la Universidad Autonoma de Nuevo Leon(2): 251-260.

Baumgartner, P.O. and Denyer, P., 2006. Evidence for middle Cretaceous accretion at Santa Elena Peninsula (Santa Rosa Accretionary Complex), Costa Rica. In: M.A. Iturralde-Vinent and E.G. Lidiak (Editors), Caribbean Plate Tectonics, Stratigraphic, Magmatic, Metamorphic and Tectonic Events (UNESCO/IUGS IGCP Project 433). Geologica Acta, pp. 179-192.

Baumgartner, P.O. et al., 1984a. Sedimentacion y Paleogegrafia del Cretacico y Cenozoico del Litoral Pacifico de Costa Rica (Sedimentation and paleogeography of the Cretaceous and Cenozoic of the litoral Pacific of Costa Rica). Revista Geologica de America Central, 1: 57-136.

Baumgartner, P.O. et al., 1984b. Sedimentary and paleogeography of the Cretaceous and Cenozoic of the Pacific margin of Costa Rica. Geological Magazine of Central America, 1.

Bawiec, W.e., 2001. Geology, geochemistry, geophysics, mineral occurrences, and mineral resource assessment for the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. 98-38, US Geological Survey.

Baxter-Gandara, S., 1976. Geologic Study of the Mata Limón and Punta Carballo Formations, Costa Rica. Senior thesis Thesis, Central American School of Geology, San José, Costa Rica, 66 pp.

Baxter, P.J. et al., 1999. Cristobalite in volcanic ash of the Soufriere Hills Volcano, Montserrat, British West Indies. Science, 283(5405): 1142-1145.

Bazhenova, M.L., Pszczolkowskic, A. and Shipunova, S.V., 1996. Reconnaissance paleomagnetic results from western Cuba. Tectonophysics, 253(1-2): 65-81.

Beach, D.K., 1976. Sedimentary on the Western Isla Caja de Muertos Insular Shelf, Puerto Rico. MS Thesis, University of Puerto Rico, Mayagüez, 100 pp.

Beach, D.K. and Trumbull, J.V.A., 1981. Marine geologic map of the Puerto Rico insular shelf, Isla Caja de Muertos area. United States Geological Survey.

Beall, R., 1943. Geologic map of the eastern portion of the Cibao Basin, Dominican-Republic. Dominican Seaboard Oil Co., Santo Domingo.

Beall, R., 1944. The geology of the Eastern Cibao Basin Dominican Republic. Dominican Seabord Oil Co., Rept., New York Office No. 35, Santo Domingo.

Beall, R., 1973. Plate tectonics and the origin of the Gulf Coast basin. Transactions of the Gulf Coast Association of Geological Societies, 23: 109-114.

Beard, J.T., 1985. The general geology of the Guapo Field, Trinidad, Transactions of the Fourth Latin American Geological Conference, Port-of-Spain, July 7-15, 1979, pp. 684-689.

Beaudry, F.H., 1972. Calcareous Nannofossils Recovered From Some Pleistocene Cores Taken on Leg Fifteen of the Deep Sea Drilling Project (Caribbean Sea). Master's Thesis, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL? pp.

Beccaluva, L. et al., 1995a. The northwestern border of the Caribbean Plate in Guatemala: New geological and petrological data on the Motagua Ophiolitic Belt. Ofioliti, 20(1): 1-15.

Beccaluva, L. et al., 1999. Petrological and structural significance of the Santa Elena-Nicoya ophiolitic complex in Costa Rica and geodynamic implications. European Journal of Mineralogy, 11: 1091-1107.

Beccaluva, L. et al., 1998 (in press). The St. Helena-Nicoya Ophiolitic Complex in Costa Rica and its geodynamic implications for the Caribbean Plate evolution. Chemical Geology.

Beccaluva, L. et al., 1995b. Ophiolites of the Caribbean Plate Margins (Italian-Latin American Geological Meeting and Field Trip), CNR, MAE, IGCP Project 364.

Beccaluva, L. et al., 1996. Cross sections through the ophiolitic units of the Southern and Northern Margins of the Caribbean Plate, in Venezuela (Northern Cordilleras) and Central Cuba. Ofioliti, 21(2): 85-103.

Beche, H.T., 1827. Remarks on the geology of Jamaica, Transcripts from the Geological Society of London, pp. 143-194.

Beck, C., 1983. Essay on the geodynamic evolution of the southeastern Caribbean (Essai sur l'evolution geodynamique des Caraibes sudorientales). Bulletin Societe Geologique Francais, 25: 169-183.

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