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Maack, G.A., 1874. Report on the geology and natural history of the Isthmus of Choco, of Darién, and of Panama. In: T.O. Selfridge (Editor), Reports of explorations and surveys to ascertain the practicability of a ship canal between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans by way of the Isthmus of Darién, Washington, D. C, pp.?

Mac Gillavry, H.J., 1977. Field trip to the Eocene of Cer'i Cueba (Curaçao). In? (Editor), Eighth Caribbean Geological Conference Guide to the Field Excursions on Curaçao, Bonaire and Aruba. GUA Paper of Geology. Stichting GUA, Amsterdam - The Netherlands, pp. 92-95.

Macari, E.J. and Hoyos, L.R., 2005. Earthquake-induced liquefaction potential in western Puerto Rico using GIS technology. In: P. Mann (Editor), Active Tectonics and Seismic Hazards of Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, and Offshore Areas. GSA Special Paper. Geological Society of America, pp. 277-287.

MacDonald, D.F., 1913. Isthmian earthquakes. In: Isthmian Canal Commission (U.S.) (Editor), Canal Record, December 10. Panama Canal, pp. 144-149.

MacDonald, D.F., 1919. Sedimentary formations of the Panama Canal Zone with specific reference to the stratigraphic relations of the fossiliferous beds. Bulletin of the United States National Museum, 103?

MacDonald, D.F., 1937. Contributions to Panama geology. Journal of Geology, 45: 655-662.

MacDonald, H.C., 1969. Geologic evaluation of radar imagery from Darien Province, Panama. Modern Geology, 1: 1-63.

MacDonald, K.C. and Holcombe, T.L., 1978. Inversion of magnetic anomalies and sea-floor spreading in the Cayman Trough. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 40: 407-414.

Macdonald, K.C. and Melson, M.G., 1969. A late Cenozoic volcanic province in Hispaniola. Caribbean Journal of Science, 9: 81-91.

Macdonald, R., Hawkesworth, C.J. and Heath, E., 2000. The Lesser Antilles volcanic chain; a study in arc magmatism. Earth-Science Reviews, 49(1-4): 1-76.

MacDonald, W.D., 1965. Geology of the Serrania De Macuria area, Guajira Peninsula, northeast Colombia. In? (Editor), Transactions of the 4th Caribbean Geological Conference, Trinidad. pp. 267-273.

MacDonald, W.D., 1972a. Continental crust, crustal evolution, and the Caribbean. In: R. Shagam, R.B. Hargreaves and a. others (Editors), Studies in Earth and Space Sciences: A Memoir in Honor of Harry Hammond Hess: Geological Society of America Memoir 132. Geological Society of America Memoir. Geological Society of America Memoir, Boulder, CO, pp. 351-362.

MacDonald, W.D., 1972b. Late Paleozoic tectonics of northern South America. Anais Academia Brasileira Ciencias, 44 (supplement): 197-208.

MacDonald, W.D., 1976a. Cretaceous-Tertiary evolution of the Caribbean. In: R. Causso (Editor), Transactions of the 7th Caribbean Geologic Conference, Guadaloupe. Bureau de Recherches Geologiques et Minieres (Publication No. 1524), Paris, pp. 69-78.

MacDonald, W.D., 1976b. The importance of Central America to the tectonic evolution of the Caribbean, Informe y trabajos técnicos presentados en la IV Reunión de Geólogos de América Central. Publicaciones Geológicas del ICAITI, pp. 24-30.

MacDonald, W.D., 1978. Paleomagnetism results from Cretaceous sediments in Honduras: Tectonic implications: Comment on paper by W.A. Gose and D.K. Swartz. Geology, 6: 443-444.

MacDonald, W.D., 1980. Anomalous paleomagnetic directions in late Tertiary andesitic intrusions of the Cauca depression, Colombian Andes. Tectonophysics, 68: 339-348.

MacDonald, W.D., 1990. Survey of Caribbean paleomagnetism. In: G. Dengo and J.E. Case (Editors), The Caribbean Region. The Geology and North America. The Geological Society of America, Boulder, Co, pp. 393-404.

MacDonald, W.D., Doolan, B.L. and Cordani, U.G., 1971. Cretaceous-early Tertiary metamophic K-Ar age values from the south Caribbean. Geological Society of America Bulletin, 82: 1381-1388.

MacDonald, W.D., Estrada, J.J., Serria, G.M. and Gonzales, H., 1993. Cenozoic tectonics and paleomagnetism west of Romeral fault zone, Colombian Andes, Second ISAG, Oxford (UK), 21-23/9/1993, Oxford (UK), pp. 219-220.

MacDonald, W.D. and Hurley, P.M., 1969. Precambrian gneisses from northern Columbia, South America. Geological Society of America Bulletin, 80: 1867-1872.

MacDonald, W.D. and Opdyke, N.D., 1972. Tectonic rotations suggested by paleomagnetic results from northern Colombia, South America. Journal of Geophysical Research, 77: 5720-5730.

MacDonald, W.D. and Opdyke, N.D., 1974. Triassic paleomagnetism of northern South America. American Association of Petroleum Geologists Bulletin, 58: 208-215.

MacDonald, W.D. and Opdyke, N.D., 1984. Preliminary paleomagnetic results from Jurassic rocks of the Santa Marta massif, Colombia. Geological Society of America Memoir, 162: 295-298.

MacDonald, W.D. and Van Horn, J., 1977. Paleomagnetism of the Hawk's Bill formation, Tobago, Proceeding V Congress Geologica Venezolano, pp. 817-834.

Macellari, C., 1984. Late Tertiary tectonic history of the Tachira Depression, southwestern Venezuelan Andes. In: W. Bonini, R. Hargraves and R. Shagam (Editors), The Caribbean-South American Plate Boundary and Regional Tectonics. Memoir. Geological Society of America, Boulder, Co, pp. 333-341.

Macellari, C.E., 1988. Cretaceous paleogeography and depositional cycles of western South America. Journal of South American Earth Sciences, 1: 373-418.

Macellari, C.E., 1995. Cenozoic sedimentation and tectonics of the southwestern Caribbean pull-apart basin, Venezuela and Colombia. In: A.J. Tankard, R.S. Soruco and H.J. Welsink (Editors), Petroleum Basins of South America. AAPG Memoirs. American Association of Petroleum Geologists, pp. 757-780.

Macellari, C.E. and De Vries, T.J., 1987. Late Cretaceous upwelling and anoxic sedimentary in northwestern South America. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, and Palaeoecology, 59: 2790-292.

MacFall, C., 1958. Geology of the Quemado de Guines anticlinorium, Las Villas Province, Cuba, La Habana.

MacGillavry, H.J., 1937. Geology of the Province of Camaguey, Cuba, with Revisional Studies in Rudist Paleontology. Geographische en Geologische Mededeelingen. Physiographisch-Geologische Reeks, 14. Instituut der Rijksuniversiteit, Utrecht, Holland, 169 pp.

MacGillavry, H.J., 1977. Tertiary Formations. In? (Editor), Eighth Caribbean Geological Conference Guide to the Field Excursions on Curaco, Bonaire, and Aruba. GUA Papers of Geology. Stichting GUA, Amsterdam - The Netherlands, pp. 36-38.

MacGillavry, H.J. and Beets, D. (Editors), 1978. Transactions of the 8th Caribbean Geological Conference, Willemstad, Curacao, 9-12 July 1977, 57. Geologie en Minjnbouw, v. 57, p. 97-384, 286 pp.

MacGillavry, H.J. and Beets, D., 1978. Transactions of the 8th Caribbean Geological Conference, Willemstad, Curaçao, July 9-12, 1977. Geologie en Minjnbouw, 57: 97-384.

Machare, J. and Ortlieb, L., 1992. Plio-Quaternary vertical motions and the subduction of the Nazca Ridge, central coast of Peru. Tectonophysics, 205: 97-108.

Machel, H.G., 2000. Dolomite formation in Caribbean Islands - Driven by plate tectonics? Journal of Sedimentary Research, 70(5): 977-984.

Machorro Sagastume, R.A., 1993. Geology of the Northwestern Corner of the Granados Quadrangle, Central Guatemala. MA Thesis, University of Texas, El Paso, El Paso, TX, 89 pp.

Macia, C. and Mojica, J., 1981. Nuevos puntos de vista sobre el magmatismo Triasico superior (Fm. Saldana), Valle Superior del Magdalena, Colombia (New view points on the upper Triassic magmatism (Saldana Formation), Upper Magdalena Valley). Zentralblatt für Geologie und Paläontologie, Teil 1, 3/4: 243-251.

Macias, J.L. et al., 2000. Late Holocene pelean-style eruption at Tacana Volcano, Mexico and Guatemala: Past, present, and future hazards. Geological Society of America Bulletin, 112(8): 1234-1249.

MacIlvaine, J. and Ross, D.A., 1973. Surface sediments of the Gulf of Panama. Journal of Sedimentary Petrology, 43: 215-.

MacIntyre, I.G., 1972. Submerged reefs of eastern Caribbean. American Association of Petroleum Geologists Bulletin, 56: 720-738.

Macintyre, I.G., Reid, R.P. and Steneck, R.S., 1996. Growth history of stromatolites in a Holocene fringing reef, Stocking Island, Bahamas. Journal of Sedimentary Research Section A - Sedimentary Petrology and Processes, 66(1): 231-242.

MacKay, M.E., 1988. Accretionary Response to Trench Sediment Variation Along the South Panama Margin. MS Thesis, The University of Tulsa, Tulsa, OK, 44 pp.

Mackay, M.E. and Moore, G.F., 1990. Variation in deformation of the South Panama accretionary prism: Response to oblique subduction and trench sediment variation. Tectonics, 9(4): 683-698.

Mackenzie, G.D., 1999. The shallow crustal structure of the Chicxulub Impact Crater from surface wave dispersion studies. PhD Thesis, University of Leicester, Leicester.

MacMillan, D.S. and Ma, C., 1999. VLBI measurements of Caribbean and South American motion. Geophysical Research Letters, 26(7): 919-922.

MacMillan, I., Gans, P.B. and Alvarado, G., 2004. Middle Miocene to present plate tectonic history of the southern Central American Volcanic Arc. Tectonophysics, 392(1-4): 325-348.

MacNeil, A. and Jones, B., 2003. Dolomitization of the Pedro Castle Formation (Pliocene), Cayman Brac, British West Indies. Sedimentary Geology, 162(3-4): 219-238.

MacPhee, D.D.E., Iturralde-Vinent, M.A. and Gaffney, E., 2003a. Domo de Zaza, an early Miocene Vertebrate Locality in South-Central Cuba, with notes on the tectonic evolution of Puerto Rico and the Mona Passage. American Museum Novitates, 3394: 42.

MacPhee, R. and Iturralde-Vinent, M., 1994. First Tertiary Land Mammal from Greater Antilles: An Early Miocene Sloth (Xenarthra, Megalonychidae) From Cuba. AMNH Novitates, 3094. American Museum of Natural History, New York, 13 pp.

MacPhee, R. and Iturralde-Vinent, M., 1995a. Earliest monkey from Greater Antilles. Journal of Human Evolution, 28: 197-200.

MacPhee, R. and Iturralde-Vinent, M., 1995b. Origin of the Greater Antilles Land Mammal Fauna, 1: New Tertiary Fossils from Cuba and Puerto Rico. AMNH Novitates, 3141. American Museum of Natural History, New York, 31 pp.

MacPhee, R., Iturralde-Vinent, M. and Smith, M., 1992. Paleogeography, biogeography and land mammals of the Greater Antilles. Resúmenes 13va Conferencia Geológica de Cuba: 16-17.

MacPhee, R.D.E. and Iturralde-Vinent, M., 2005. The interpretation of Caribbean paleogeography: reply to Hedges. In: J.A. Alcover and P. Bover (Editors), Proceedings of the International Symposium:Insular Vertebrate Evolution: The paleontological Approachbalears, 12, 175-184. Monografies de la Societat d'Historia Natural de les balears, pp. 175-184.

MacPhee, R.D.E., Iturralde-Vinent, M.A. and Eugene S. Gaffney, E.S., 2003b. Domo de Zaza, an early Miocene vertebrate locality in south-central Cuba: With notes on the tectonic evolution of Puerto Rico and the Mona Passage. American Museum of Natural History Novitates, 3394. American Museum of Natural History, 42 pp.

MacPhee, R.D.E. and Wyss, A.R., 1990. Oligo-Miocene vertebrates from Puerto Rico, with a catalog of localities. American Museum Novitates, 2965: 45.

MacRae, G. and Watkins, J.S., 1993. Basin Architecture, salt tectonics and Upper Jurassic structural development, Desoto Canyon Salt Basin, Northeastem Gulf of Mexico. In: J.L. Pindell and R.F. Perkins (Editors), Mesozoic and Early Cenozoic Development of the Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean Region: A Context for Hydrocarbon Exploration. Gulf Coast Section Society of Economic Paleontologists and Mineralogists Foundation, pp. 9-20.

MacRae, G. and Watkins, J.S., 1995. Early Mesozoic rift stage half graben formation beneath the DeSoto Canyon salt basin, northeastern Gulf of Mexico. Journal of Geophysical Research - Solid Earth, 100(B9): 17795-17812.

MacRae, G., Watkins, J.S. and Perkins, B.F., 1993. Basin architecture, salt tectonics and Upper Jurassic structural development, Desoto Canyon salt basin, northeastern Gulf of Mexico. In: J.L. Pindell (Editor), Mesozoic and Early Cenozoic Development of the Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean Region: Selected Papers Presented at the G.C.S.S.E.P.M Foundation Thirteenth Annual Research Conference, pp. 9-20.

Madrigal-Castro, O., 1980. Geology and Potential of Part of the Abangares Mineral District, Guanacaste, Costa Rica. senior thesis Thesis, Central American School of Geology, 87 pp.

Madrigal-Morales, C., 1985. Geologic-geotechnical Study for the Feasibility of the Guayabo Hydroelectric Project, Turrialba, Costa Rica. senior thesis Thesis, Central American School of Geology? pp.

Madrigal, R., 1982. Geologia de Santa Rosa (Geology of Santa Rosa). Thesis, Universidad Estatal a Distancia? pp.

Madsen, J.A., Fornari, D.J., Edwards, M.H., Gallo, D.G. and Perfit, M.R., 1992. Kinematic framework of the Cocos-Pacific plate boundary from 13 degrees N to the Orozco transform fault: Results from an extensive magnetic and SeaMarc II survey. Journal of Geophysical Research, B, Solid Earth and Planets, 97(5): 7011-7024.

Magnier, C. et al., 2004. Geochemical characterization of source rocks, crude oils, and gases of northwest Cuba. Marine and Petroleum Geology, 21: 195-214.

Maharaj, R., 1991. Geotechnics and Zonation of 'Landslides ' in Upper St. Andrew, Jamaica, West Indies. M.Phil. Thesis, University of the West Indies? pp.

Maharaj, R., 1999. Palaeoclimatic and Stratigraphic Aspects of the Late Quaternary Geology of SW Jamaica. PhD Thesis, University of the West Indies? pp.

Maharaj, R. and Mitchell, S.F., 2000. Sequence Stratigraphy of Mixed Clastic-Carbonate Systems - A Case Example From the Eocene of Jamaica, GSTT 2000 SPE Conference. Geological Society of Trinidad & Tobago, Port of Spain, Trinidad, 10-13 July, 2000, pp. 7.

Mahmoudi, M., Zorrilla, O. and Osuna, S., 1994. Diagenesis and mineralogy of Tertiary/Cretaceous rocks Barinas Mountain front. In: D. Perez de Mejia (Editor), Petroleum Exploration in the Subandean Basins. V Simposio Bolivariano. Venezuelan Geology Society, Puerto la Cruz, Venezuela, pp. 216-218.

Makarov, V.I., 1988. Karibskiy basseyn: Oblast' razvitiya i vzaimodeystviya noveyshikh kontinental'nykh i okeanicheskikh struktur (The Caribbean Basin: An area of development and interaction of recent continental and oceanic structures). In: P.N. Kropotkin (Editor), Neotektonika i sovremennaya geodinamika podvizhnykh poyasov (Neotectonics and Recent geodynamics of mobile belts). Trudy Geologicheskiy Institut, Moscow, pp. 152-187.

Malane, G. and Suarez, G., 1995. Intermediate depth seismicity in northern Colombia and western Venezuela and its relationship to Caribbean Plate subduction. Tectonics, 14(3): 617-628.

Malavassi-Rojas, L.R., 1985. General Geology of the Area South of Baja Talamanca in Relation to Coal Deposits, Limón Province, San José, Costa Rica. senior thesis Thesis, Central American School of Geology, 89 pp.

Malavassi, E., 1979. Geology and Petrology of Arenal Volcano, Costa Rica. MS Thesis, University of Hawaii, Manoa, Hawaii, 111 pp.

Malavassi, E., 1991. Magma Sources and Crustal Processes at the Southern Terminus of the Central American Volcanic Arc. PhD Thesis, University of California, Santa Cruz, CA, 192 pp.

Malave, G. and Suarez, G., 1995. Intermediate-depth seismicity in northern Colombia and western Venezuela and its relationship to Caribbean plate subduction. Tectonics, 14(3): 617-628.

Malcolm, F.L., 1979. Petrography, Mineral Chemistry and Microstructures of Gabbros from the Mid-Cayman Rise Spreading Center. MS Thesis, State University of New York at Albany, 312 pp.

Maldonado-Koerdell, M., 1952. Plantas del Retico-Liasico y otros fosiles Triasicos de Honduras, C.A. (Plants of the Retico-Liasico and other Triassic fossiles of Honduras, C.A.). Ciencia, 12: 294-296.

Maldonado-Koerdell, M., 1966. Geological and geophysical studies in the Gulf of Fonseca - Nicaraguan Depression area, Central America. Canada Geological Survey, 66(14): 220-238.

Maley, P.S., Sieber, F.D. and Johnson, B.L., 1974. Topography and structure of the western Puerto Rico Trench. Geological Society of America Bulletin, 85: 513-518.

Malfait, B.T. and Dinkleman, M.G., 1972. Circum-Caribbean tectonic and igneous activity and the evolution of the Caribbean plate. Geological Society of America Bulletin, 83: 251-271.

Malin, P.E. and Dillon, W.P., 1973. Geophysical reconnaissance of the western Cayman Ridge. Journal of Geophysical Research, 78(32): 7769-7775.

Malinovski, Y.M., Segura Soto, R., Fonseca, E., Garcia, N. and Antonenko, L., 1974. New data on the lithology and stratigraphy of Mesozoic and Cenozoic deposits of the north coast of Cuba [Habana-Matanzas]. Revista Tecnológica, 2: 36-42.

Maliva, R.G., 1995. Recurrent neomorphic and cement microtextures from different diagenetic environments, Quaternary to late neogene carbonates, Great Bahama Bank. Sedimentary Geology, 97(1-2): 1-7.

Mallinson, D. et al., 1997. A high resolution geological and geophysical investigation of the Dry Tortugas carbonate depositional environment. Geo - Marine Letters, 17(4): 237-245.

Malone, M.J. et al., 2000. Geochemistry and mineralogy of periplatform carbonate sediments; sites 1006, 1008, and 1009 Proceedings of the Ocean Drilling Program, scientific results, Bahamas Transect; covering Leg 166 of the cruises of the drilling vessel JOIDES Resolution, San Juan, Puerto Rico, to Balboa Harbor, Panama, sites 1003-1009, 17 February-10 April 1996. In: G. Lowe (Editor), Proceedings of the Ocean Drilling Program, Scientific Results, pp. 145-152.

Maloney, N. and Schubert, C., 1968. Aves Island: An island that disappears? (La Isla de Aves: una isla que desaparecerá? 19. Acta Cient. Venezolana, 152-154 pp.

Maloney, N., Schubert, C., Marlowe, J. and Ramsay, A., 1968. Geology of Aves Island, Venezuela (Geología de la Isla de Aves, Venezuela), 11. Bol. Inf. A.V.G.M.P., 234-242 pp.

Maloney, N., Schubert, C., Marlowe, J. and Ramsay, A., 1971. Geology of Aves island, Venezuela, V Caribbean Geoogic. Conference, pp. 97-102.

Malovitskiy, Y., Marrero, M., Martirosyan, V.N., Hernandez, G. and Rodriguez, R., 1989. New data on the tectonics of the seaward periphery of Cuba. Doklady Akademii Nauk SSSR, 308: 938-941.

Mamberti, M., 2001. Origin and evolution of two distinct Cretaceous oceanic plateau accreted in Western Ecuador (South America): Petrological, geochemical and isotopic evidence. PhD Thesis, Univ. Lausanne- Grenoble, Lausanne- Grenoble, 241 pp.

Mamberti, M. et al., 2003. Accreted fragments of the Late Cretaceous Caribbean-Colombian Plateau in Ecuador. Lithos, 66(3-4): 173-199.

Manea, M., 2004a. Tehuantepec Ridge as a Tectonic Limit Between the Northern Part of Cocos Plate and Guatemala Basin: Structure and Origin, IGEF, National Autonomous University of Mexico, Mexico City, Mexico, 135 pp.

Manea, M., Manea, V.C. and Kostoglodov, V., 2003. Sediment Fill of the Middle America Trench Inferred from the Gravity Anomalies. Geofisica International, 42(4): 603-612.

Manea, V.C., 2004b. Thermomechanical models for the subduction zones of Mexico and Kamchatka. PhD Thesis, IGEF, National Autonomous University of Mexico, Mexico City, Mexico, 200 pp.

Manea, V.C., Manea, M., Kostoglodov, V., Currie, C.A. and Sewell, G., 2004. Thermal structure, coupling and metamorphism in the Mexican subduction zone beneath Guererro. Geophysical Journal International, 158: 775-784.

Mann, P., 1983. Cenozoic Tectonics of the Caribbean: Structural and Stratigraphic Studies in Jamaica and Hispaniola, Pt. 1 and 2. PhD Thesis, State University of New York, Albany, NY, 688 pp.

Mann, P., 1992. Review of "Geological Map of the Caribbean" by A. Mascle and J. Letouzey. Journal of Marine and Petroleum Geology, 9: 574.

Mann, P. (Editor), 1995a. Geologic and Tectonic Development of the Caribbean Plate Boundary in Southern Central America. Geological Society of America Special Paper, 295. Geological Society of America, Boulder, CO, 349 pp.

Mann, P., 1995b. Preface. In: P. Mann (Editor), Geologic and tectonic development of the Caribbean plate boundary in southern Central America. Geological Society of America Special Paper. Geological Society of America, Boulder, CO, pp. xi-xxxii.

Mann, P., 1997. Model for the formation of large, transtensional basins in zones of tectonic escape. Geology, 25(3): 211-214.

Mann, P. (Editor), 1999a. Caribbean Basins. Sedimentary Basins of the World, 4. Elsevier Science B.V., Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 699 pp.

Mann, P., 1999b. Caribbean sedimentary basins: Classification and tectonic setting from Jurassic to Present. In: P. Mann (Editor), Caribbean Basins. Sedimentary Basins of the World. Elsevier Science B.V., Amsterdam, The Netherlands, pp. 3-31.

Mann, P. (Editor), 2005a. Active Tectonics and Seismic Hazards of Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, and Offshore Areas. GSA Special Paper, 385. Geological Society of America, 287 pp.

Mann, P., 2005b. Introduction and active tectonic setting. In: P. Mann (Editor), Active Tectonics and Seismic Hazards of Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, and Offshore Areas. GSA Special Paper. Geological Society of America, pp. 12.

Mann, P. and Burke, K., 1980. Neogene wrench faulting in the Wagwater Belt, Jamaica, Transactions Caribbean Geological Conference, 9th, Santo Domingo, pp. 95-97.

Mann, P. and Burke, K., 1984a. Cenozoic rift formation in the northern Caribbean. Geology, 12: 732-736.

Mann, P. and Burke, K., 1984b. Neotectonics of the Caribbean. Review of Geophysics and Space Physics, 22(4): 309-362.

Mann, P. and Burke, K., 1990. Transverse intra-arc rifting: Palaeogene Wagwater Belt, Jamaica. Marine and Petroleum Geology, 17: 410-427.

Mann, P., Burke, K. and Matsumoto, T., 1984a. Neotectonics of Hispaniola: Plate motion, sedimentary, seismicity at a restraining bend. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 70: 311-324.

Mann, P., Calais, E. and Huerfano, V., 2004. Earthquake shakes "big bend" region of North America-Caribbean boundary zone. EOS, Transactions AGU, 85(8): 77,83.

Mann, P. et al., 2002. Oblique collision in the northeastern Caribbean from GPS measurements and geological observations - art. no. 1057. Tectonics, 21(6): 1057.

Mann, P. and Corrigan, J.C., 1990. Model for late Neogene deformation in Panama. Geology, 18: 558-562.

Mann, P., Draper, G. and Burke, K., 1985. Neotectonics of a strike-slip restraining bend system, Jamaica: Strike-slip deformation, basin formation, and sedimentary. In: K.T. Biddle and N. Christie-Blick (Editors). SEPM Special Publication. SEPM, pp. 211-226.

Mann, P., Draper, G. and Lewis, J.F. (Editors), 1991a. Geologic and Tectonic Development of the North America-Caribbean Plate Boundary in Hispaniola. Special Paper, 262. Geological Society of America, Boulder, CO, 401 pp.

Mann, P., Draper, G. and Lewis, J.F., 1991b. An overview of the geologic and tectonic development of Hispaniola. In: P. Mann, G. Draper and J.F. Lewis (Editors), Geologic and Tectonic Development of the North America-Caribbean Plate Boundary in Hispaniola. Geological Society of America Special Paper. Geological Society of America, Tulsa, OK, pp. 1-28.

Mann, P. and Escalona, A., 2006. Introduction to the Maracaibo Basin theme issue. In: P. Mann and A. Escalona (Editors), 3-D anatomy of a supergiant; Maracaibo Basin, Venezuela. AAPG Bulletin. AAPG, Tulsa, OK, pp. 443-444.

Mann, P., Escalona, A. and Castillo, M.V., 2006. Regional geologic and tectonic setting of the Maracaibo supergiant basin, western Venezuela. In: P. Mann and A. Escalona (Editors), 3-D anatomy of a supergiant; Maracaibo Basin, Venezuela. AAPG Bulletin. AAPG, Tulsa, OK, pp. 445-477.

Mann, P. and Gordon, M., 1996. Tectonic uplift and exhumation of blueschist belts along transpressional strike-slip fault zones. In: E. Gray, D.W. Scholl, S.H. Kirby and J.P. Platt (Editors), Subduction top to bottom. Geophysical Monograph. American Geophysical Union, Washington, DC, pp. 143-154.

Mann, P., Grindlay, N. and Dolan, J., 1999a. Penrose conference report: Subduction to strike-slip transition on plate boundaries. GSA Today, July: 14-16.

Mann, P., Grindlay, N. and Dolan, J., 2000. Unpublished field guide distributed to meeting participants for two-day field trip accompanying Geological Society of America Penrose meeting "Subduction to Strike-slip Transitions on Plate Boundaries," January 21-22, 1999, Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic. http://www.ig.utexas.edu/research/projects/caribbean/publications/penrose/penrose_fg.pdf, Austin, TX, 86 pp.

Mann, P., Hempton, M.R., Bradley, D.C. and Burke, K., 1983. Development of pull-apart basins. Journal of Geology, 91: 529-554.

Mann, P., Hippolyte, J.-C., Grindlay, N.R. and Abrams, L.J., 2005a. Neotectonics of southern Puerto Rico and its offshore margin. In: P. Mann (Editor), Active Tectonics and Seismic Hazards of Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, and Offshore Areas. GSA Special Paper. Geological Society of America, pp. 173-214.

Mann, P. and Kolarsky, R., 1995. East Panama deformed belt: Age, structure, neotectonic significance. In: P. Mann (Editor), Geologic and tectonic development of the Caribbean plate boundary in southern Central America. Geological Society of America Special Paper. Geological Society of America, Boulder, CO, pp. 111-129.

Mann, P. and Lawrence, S.R., 1991. Petroleum potential of southern Hispaniola. Journal of Petroleum Geology, 14: 291-308.

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