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Adamek, S.H., 1986. Earthquake studies in the Panama-Costa Rica Region. MA Thesis, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, 211 pp. Caribbean, Panama, Costa-Rica.

Aguilar, A. and Fernández, J., 1989. Technical note: Convention of technical assistance of RECOPE-PCIAC. Geological Magazine of Central America, published by the Central American School of Geology, 10. Central-America, Costa-Rica.

Aguilar, T., 1987. Comparison between the malacologic fauna of the prinicipal formations of the marine Pliocene of Costa Rica, Central America. Geological Magazine of Central America, published by the Central American School of Geology, 6. Central-America, Costa-Rica, paleontology.

Aguilar, T. and Soto, G., 1989. Annual report for the Costa Rican committee for the International Geological Correlation Project (IGCP). Geological Magazine of Central America, published by the Central American School of Geology, 10. Central-America, Costa-Rica.

Aguilar, T. and Soto, G., 1990. Annual report of the Costa Rican committee for the International Geological Correlaton Project (IGCP). Geological Magazine of Central America, published by the Central American School of Geology, 11. Central-America, Costa-Rica.

Aguilar, T. and Soto, G., 1991. Technical note, 1990 annual report of the Costa Rican committee of the International Geologic Correlation Project (IGCP). Geological Magazine of Central America, published by the Central American School of Geology, 12. Central-America, Costa-Rica.

Aguilar, T. and Soto, G., 1992. Technical note, 1991 annual report of the Costa Rica committee for the International Geologic Correlation Program (IGCP). Geological Magazine of Central America, published by the Central American School of Geology, 14. Central-America, Costa-Rica.

Aitken, T., 2005. Cenozoic Stratigraphic and Tectonic History of the Grenada and Tobago Basins as Determined From Marine Seismic Data, Wells, and Onland Geology. MS Thesis, Dept. of Geological Sciences, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, 89 pp. Caribbean, Tobago, Grenada, seismic reflection, tectonic, stratigraphy.

Alcorn, S. R., 1981, Mineralogy, Petrology, And Evolution Of A Calc-Alkaline Igneous Sequence, Cerros De Tilaran, Puntarenas, Costa Rica. University of Georgia, PhD thesis. Costa Rica.

Algar, S., 1993. Structure, Stratigraphy, and Thermo-chronologic Evolution of Trinidad. PhD Thesis, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, 430 pp. Caribbean, Trinidad, structure, stratigraphy, age.

Alguilar, T., 1984. Presence of sponges (Porifera) in the Oligocene of Costa Rica (Valle Central). Geological Magazine of Central America, 1. Central-America, Costa-Rica, paleontology.

Alguilar, T., 1990. Evolution of mollusc communities and their relation with the geologic development of southern Central America. Geological Magazine of Central America, 11. Central-America, Costa-Rica, paleontology.

Almy, C.C., 1965. Parguera Limestone, Upper Cretaceous Mayagüez Grou, Southwest Puerto Rico. PhD Thesis, Rice University, Houston, Texas, ? pp. Caribbean, Puerto-Rico, carbonate.

Alvarado, G., 1986. Evidence for large mammal fossils in Costa Rica. Geological Magazine of Central America, 4. Central-America, Costa-Rica, paleontology.

Alvarado, M.E., 1991. Modern fan deltas in Golfito Bay, Costa Rica. Geological Magazine of Central America, 12. Central-America, Costa-Rica.

Alvarado, R.B., 1972. Photogeomorphic Analysis of Northern Basin, Trinidad. Master's Thesis, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, unknown p. pp. Caribbean, Lesser-Antilles, Trinidad, Tobago, remote-sensing, geomorphology.

Alvarado-Omana, M.A., 1986. Gravity and Crustal Structure of the South-central Gulf of Mexico, the Yucatan Peninsula, and Adjacent Areas, From 17°30'N to 26°N and From 84°W to 93°W. MS Thesis, Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon, 76 pp. Mexico, Yucatan-Basin, Gulf-of-Mexico, gravity, crust.

Alvaro, D., Alavarado, F. and Protti, M., 1985. Technical note: Computerized data base for tectonics and structural geology of Central America and the Caribbean (Tectobase). Geological Magazine of Central America, 3: ?? Central-America, Caribbean, tectonic, structure.

Amalberto, S., Chiné, B. and Trogolo, D., 1987. Technical note: Research on gold mining in Costa Rica. Geological Magazine of Central America, 7: ?? Central-America, Costa-Rica, minerals.

Anderson, T.H., 1969. Geology of the San Sebastian Huehuetenango Quadrangle, Guatemala, Central America. PhD Thesis, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, 217 pp. Central-America, Guatemala, stratigraphy, structure.

Andrews, W., 1985, Seismic Velocity and Seismic Stratigraphic Analysis of Multichannel Seismic Data From Exuma Sound, Bahamas. University of Delaware MS Thesis. Bahamas Platform, stratigraphy.

Angstadt, D.M., 1983. Seismic Stratigraphy and Geologic History of the Southeastern Gulf of MexicO/Southwestern Straits of Florida. MA Thesis, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas, 206 pp. Gulf-of-Mexico, Florida, stratigraphy.

Anonymous, 1984. Technical note: Petroleum exploration in Costa Rica. Geological Magazine of Central America, 1: ? Central-America, Costa-Rica, hydrocarbons.

Anonymous, 1988. Technical note: Annual report of the Costa Rican committee of the International Geological Correlation Project (ICGP). Geological Magazine of Central America, 8: ?? Central-America, Costa-Rica.

Anonymous, 1988. Technical note: RECOPE is concerned about conserving the environment. Geological Magazine of Central America, 9: ? Central-America, Costa-Rica.

Anonymous, 1988. Technical note: RECOPE, 1988, year of its 25th anniversary. Geological Magazine of Central America, 8: ?? Central-America, Costa-Rica.

Apple, B., 2005. Petrologic characterization of the Paleogene arc, Costa Rica, Central America. MS Thesis, 9Michigan State University9, 99 pp. Costa Rica, igneous, geochemistry, petrography.

Arias, O., 2000. Geology and Magmatic Petrology of the Herradura Block (Upper Cretaceous-Eocene, Costa Rica (Geología y petrología magmática del Bloque Herradura (Cretácico Superior-Eoceno, Costa Rica)). PhD Thesis, L'Université de Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland, 186 pp. Central-America, Costa-Rica, petrology, kinematic.

Arias, O. and Denyer, P., 1991. Neotectonic and geologic aspects of Puriscal and surroundings, Costa Rica. Geological Magazine of Central America, 12: ? Central-America, Costa-Rica, tectonic.

Arias, O. and Denyer, P., 1991. Structural geology of the region including the topographic sheets, Abra, Caraigres, Candelaria. Geological Magazine of Central America, 12: ? Central-America, Costa-Rica, structure.

Arogunmati, Adeyemi T., 2006, Three-dimensional seismic structure of the Leeward Antilles arc from seismic refraction and refraction and reflection tomography, M.S. thesis, Rice University, 59 pp. structure, seismic reflection, tomography.

Arts, A.E., 2000. Sedimentology and stratigraphy of the Pedro Castle Formation southwest Grand Cayman, British West Indies. MSc Thesis, University of Alberta, Alberta, Canada, 107 pp. Caribbean, Grand-Cayman, sediment, stratigraphy.

Astacio Theoret, V.A., 1998. Mineralogy, Lithogeochemistry, and Oxygen Isotope Study of the Cerro de Maimon Massive Sulfide Deposit, Dominican Republic. Master's Thesis, University of Charleston, Charleston, SC, 100 pp. Caribbean, Greater-Antilles, Hispaniola, Dominican-Republic, minerals, geochemistry, isotope, igneous.

Astorga, A., 1992. Technical note, discovery of Mesozoic oceanic crust in northern Costa Rica and southern Nicaragua. Geological Magazine of Central America, 14: ? Central-America, Costa-Rica, crust.

Astorga, A., Fernández, J., Barboza, G., Campos, L., Obando, J., Aguilar, A. and Obando, L., 1991. Sedimentary basins of Costa Rica: Geodymanic evolution and hydrocarbon potential. Geological Magazine of Central America, 13: ? Central-America, Costa-Rica, hydrocarbons.

Atwood, M.G., 1972. Geology of the Minas de Oro Quadrangle, Honduras, Central America. MA Thesis, Wesleyan University, Middletown, Connecticut, 87 pp. Central-America, Honduras, stratigraphy, structure.

Audemard, F., 1991. Tectonics of western Venezuela. Ph.D. dissertation, Rice University Thesis, Houston, Texas, 250 pp. Venezuela, tectonic.

Audemard, F., 1992. Tectonics of western Venezuela. Ph.D. Thesis, Rice University, Houston, Texas, 250 pp. Venezuela, tectonic.

Azpiritxaga, I., 1991. Carbonate Depositional Styles Controlled by Siliciclastic Influx and Relative Sea-level Changes, Lower Cretaceous, Central Lake Maracaibo, Venezuela. MA Thesis, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas, 145 pp. Venezuela, Maracaibo, carbonate.

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

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. Central-America, Nicaragua, igneous, sediment.

Bangs, N. L. B., 1991, Seismic velocity variations in the Barbados Ridge Complex and hydrogeologic influences on accretionary wedge tectonics. PhD thesis, Columbia University, 185p. Barbados Ridge, accretionary-wedge, seismic reflection.

Barday, R.J., 1974. Structure of the Panamá Basin from Marine Gravity Data. MS Thesis, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR, 99 pp. Central-America, Pacific, Panama-Basin, structure, tectonic, gravity.

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. Colombia, tectonic, remote-sensing.

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. Cuba, stratigraphy, structure, tectonic.

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

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. Puerto-Rico, sediment.

Beardsley, Amanda Gail, 2007, Oblique collision and accretion of the Netherlands Leeward Antilles island arc: A structural analysis of the Caribbean-South American plate boundary zone, Ph.D. thesis, Rice University, 149 pp. island arc, structure, plate boundary, tectonic

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. Caribbean, paleontology, paleontology.

Bentley, L.R., 1974. Crustal Structure of the Carnegie Ridge, Panama Basin and Cocos Ridge. MS Thesis, University of Hawaii, ???, 49 pp. Pacific, Panama-Basin, structure, crust, tectonic.

Bergman, K.L., 2005. Seismic analysis of paleocurrent features in the Florida Straits: Insights into the paleo-Florida Current, upstream tectonics, and the Atlantic-Caribbean connection. PhD Thesis, University of Miami, 238 pp. Florida Straits, tectonics, paleocurrent.

Best, D.M., 1977. Spatial and Temporal Relationships of Earthquake Activity in the Circum-Caribbean and Adjacent Regions. PhD Thesis, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, Carolina, 159 pp. Caribbean, Central-America, Mexico, Guatemala, Middle-America-Trench, earthquake.

Betzer, P.R., 1971. The Concentration and Distribution of Particulate Iron in Waters of the Northwestern Atlantic Ocean and Caribbean Sea. PhD Thesis, University of Rhode Island, Kingston, RI, ? pp. Atlantic, Caribbean, geochemistry, minerals.

Bexon, R., 1952. A Petroleum Engineering Study of the Upper Miocene Oil Reservoirs, Main Quarry-West Coora Field, Trinidad, B.W.I. Master's Thesis, University of Tulsa, Tulsa, OK, unknown p. pp. Caribbean, Lesser-Antilles, Trinidad, Tobago, hydrocarbons.

Blair, T.C., 1986. Paleoenvironments, tectonic and eustatic controls on sedimentary, regional stratigraphic correlation, and plate tectonic significance of the Jurassic - lowermost Cretaceous Todos Santos and San Ricardo Formations, Chiapas, Mexico. Ph. D. Thesis, University of Colorado, 251 pp. Mexico, tectonic, stratigraphy.

Bolge, L.L., 2005, Constraining the magmatic sources of Hawaiian and Central American volcanics. PhD Thesis, Rutgers, New Brunswick, NJ, 281 pp. Costa Rica, igneous.

Boodoo, W., 1976. A Sand Development Study of the Lower Member of the Late Miocene, Morne l'Enfer Formation, South of the Los Bajos Fault, Trinidad, W. I. Master's Thesis, University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY, unknown p. pp. Caribbean, Lesser-Antilles, Trinidad, Tobago, sediment, structure, tectonic, hydrocarbons.

Bordelon, M., 1994. Igneous geochemistry and tectonic development of the Talamancas, southern Costa Rica. MS Thesis, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL, 121 pp. Costa-Rica, geochemistry, igneous, tectonic.

Bosc, E., 1971. Geology of the San Agustín Acasaguastlán Quadrangle and Northeastern Part of El Progreso Quadrangle. PhD dissertation Thesis, Rice University, Houston, TX, 131 pp. Mexico, Honduras, geology, map, tectonic, stratigraphy.

Boudreaux, J.E., 1967. Biostratigraphy and Calcareous Nannoplankton of the Submarex Section (Caribbean Sea, Nicaragua Rise). Master's Thesis, University of Illinois, Chicago, IL, ? pp. Caribbean, Nicaragua-Rise, stratigraphy, paleontology, oceanography.

Bowin, C.O., 1960. Geology of Central Dominican-Republic. PhD dissertation Thesis, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, 211 pp. Dominican-Republic, geology.

Bowland, C.L., 1984. Seismic Stratigraphy and Structure of the Western Colombian Basin, Caribbean Sea. MS Thesis, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, 248 pp. Colombian-Basin, stratigraphy, structure.

Breuner, T.A., 1985. Geology of the Eastern Sierra de Neiba, Dominican-Republic. MS Thesis, The George Washington University, Washington, D.C., 128 pp. Dominican-Republic, structure, geology, stratigraphy.

Bullard, T.F., 1995. Neotectonics, geomorphology, and late Quaternary geology across a fore-arc region impacted by the subduction of the aseismic Cocos Ridge, Pacific coast of Costa Rica. PhD Thesis, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico, 775 pp. Central-America, Costa-Rica, earthquake, tectonic.

Burbach, G.V., 1985. Intermediate and Deep Seismicity and Lateral Structure of Subducted Lithosphere in the Circum-pacific Region. PhD Thesis, Department of Geological Sciences, University of Texas at Austin, 115 pp. Central-America, earthquake, crust.

Burkart, B., 1965. Geology of the Esquipulas, Chanmagua and Cerro Montecristo Quadrangles, Southeastern Guatemala. PhD dissertation Thesis, Rice University, Houston, TX, 121 pp. Guatemala, stratigraphy, structure, geology, petrology.

Burnett, L.S., 1981. Biostratigraphic Identification of the Pliocene/Pleistocene Boundary at Deep Sea Drilling Project Site 502, Colombian Basin, Caribbean Sea. MA Thesis, Boston University, Boston, MA, 48 pp. Caribbean, oceanography, stratigraphy, Colombian-Basin.

Butler, K.R., 1983. Andean Type Foreland Deformtaion: Structural Development of the Neiva Basin, Upper Magdalena Valley, Colombia. PhD Thesis, University of South Carolina, ? pp. Colombia, structure, tectonic.

Cáceres Calix, J.D., 2003. Earthquake Sources and Hazard in Northern Central America. PhD Thesis, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden, 32 pp. Central America, hazard, earthquake.

Calvo, C. and Bolz, A., 1987. The Venado sequence: A tropical, lagoonal estuary of the Middle Miocene, San Carlos, Costa Rica. Geological Magazine of Central America, 6: ? Central-America, Costa-Rica, stratigraphy.

Calvo, C. and Bolz, A., 1991. Technical note: The Espíritu Santo Formation (Costa Rica): Systems of autochthonous carbonate platforms in the Upper Paleocene-Lower Eocene. Geological Magazine of Central America, 13: ? Central-America, Costa-Rica, carbonate.

Camacho, E., 1991. The Puerto Armuelles earthquake (southwestern Panamá) on July 18, 1934. Geological Magazine of Central America, 13: ? Central-America, Panama, earthquake.

Cameron, B.I., 1998. Melt generation and magma evolution in southeastern Guatemala. PHD Thesis, Northern Illinois University, 400 pp. Central-America, Guatemala, igneous.

Caceres, D., 2003. Earthquake sources and hazard in northern Central America. PhD Thesis, Uppsala Universitet (Sweden), 29 pp. Central America, earthquake, hazard.

Carey, S.N., 1982. Studies on the Generation, Dispersal and Deposition of Tephra in the Marine and Terrestrial Environment. PHD Thesis, University of Rhode Island, 399 pp. Caribbean.

Caro, M., 2003. Structural Evolution of the San Jacinto Fold Belt, NW Columbia. MS Thesis. University of Calgary, Canada, 66 pp. Colombia, structure.

Carvalho Gonçalves da Silva, Z., 1967. Studies on Jadeites and Albitites From Guatemala. MA Thesis, Rice University, Houston, Texas, 21 pp. Central-America, Guatemala, minerals.

Cassell, D.T., 1986. Neogene Foraminifera of the Limon Basin of Costa Rica. PhD Thesis, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, 323 pp. Central-America, Costa-Rica, paleontology.

Castillo, M.V., 2001. Structural Analysis of Cenozoic Fault Systems Using 3D Seismic Reflection Data in the Southern Maracaibo Basin, Venezuela. PhD Thesis, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, 207 pp. South-America, Venezuela, tectonic, structure.

Castillo, P.R., 1984. Geology and Geochemistry of Cocos Island: Implications for the Evolution of the Aseismic Cocos Ridge. PhD Thesis, Dept. of Earth & Planetary Sciences, Washington University, 310 pp. Central-America, geochemistry, tectonic.

Cheilletz, A., 1976. Etude Géologique et Métallogénique des Indices a Cuivre et Molybdène de Type Porphyre Cuprifère de la Zone ed Vert de Gris-Jean Rabel, Presqu'ile du Nord-Ouest, Haiti (Geologic and metallogenic study of the Cuivre indices and molybdenum of copper prophyry type of the zone of Vert de Gris-Jean Rabel, northwest peninsula, Haiti). PhD Thesis, University of Nancy, Nancy, France, 177 pp. Caribbean, Hispaniola, Haiti, minerals.

Chennouf, T., 1987. The Southern Extremity of the Barbados Ridge: Tectonic and Sedimentary Processes from Seismic Stratigraphy Analysis (Lesser Antilles Island Arc) (Accretion). Doctorate Thesis, University de Paris VI (Pierre et Marie Curie), Paris, France, 198 pp. Caribbean, Barbados, Trinidad, stratigraphy, tectonic, sediment, island-arc.

Chiesa, S., 1987. The largest Plinian eruption of Arenal volcano, Costa Rica. Geological Magazine of Central America, 6: ? Central-America, Costa-Rica, igneous.

Chiesa, S., 1991. A biotite pumice flow in the Río Liberia (Guanacaste), Costa Rica, Central America. Geological Magazine of Central America, 13: ? Central-America, Costa-Rica, igneous.

Chiesa, S., Civelli, G., Gillot, P.-Y., Mora, O. and Alvarado, G.E., 1992. Pyroclastic rocks associated with the formation of the Guayabo caldera, Cordillera de Guanacaste, Costa Rica. Geological Magazine of Central America, 14: ? Central-America, Costa-Rica, igneous.

Chinn, E.W., 1986. Diagenesis of Tertiary Volcanogenic Sandstones of the Térraba Belt, Southwest Costa Rica. MS Thesis, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, 72 pp. Central-America, Costa-Rica, igneous, sediment.

Chow, J., 1985. Biostratigraphy and Marine Paleoenvironments of the Gulf of Mexico, the Western Caribbean, and the Eastern Equatorial Pacific. PhD Thesis, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, 309 pp. Gulf-of-Mexico, Caribbean, Pacific, stratigraphy, paleontology, oceanography.

Christofferson, E., 1973. Linear Magnetic Anomalies in the Colombia Basin, Central Caribbean Sea. PhD Thesis, University of Rhode Island, Kingston, RI, 76 pp. Caribbean, Colombian-Basin, magnetic, tectonic.

Clark, L.F., 1989. The Geology, Geochemistry, and Petrogenesis of El Vale Volcano, Panama. MS Thesis, University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida, 137 pp. Central-America, Panama, geochemistry, igneous.

Clark, S. A., 2007, Characterizing the southeast Caribbean-South American plate boundary at 64°W, Ph.D. thesis, Rice University, 81 pp. plate boundary, tectonic

Clemons, R.E., 1966. Geology of the Chiquimula Quadrangle, Guatemala, Central America. PhD Thesis, The University of Texas, Austin, Austin, Texas, 124 pp. Central-America, Guatemala.

Cofer-Shabica, N.B., 1988. The Late Pleistocene Deep Water History of the Venezuela Basin in the Eastern Caribbean Sea. MA Thesis, University of Miami, Miami, FL, 120 pp. Venezuelan-Basin, stratigraphy, geochemistry, sediment, paleontology.

Cohen, A.D., Raymond, R., Mora, S., Alvarado, A. and Malavassi, L., 1986. Geologic characteristics of peat deposits in Costa Rica (preliminary study). Geological Magazine of Central America, 4: ? Central-America, Costa-Rica.

Coleman, A.J., 2000. Tertiary tectonics of the Hispaniola Fault Zone in the northwestern peidmont of the Cordillera Central, Dominican Republic. PHD Thesis, 305 pp. Caribbean.

Colmenares, L. B., 2005. Rock Strength Under True Triaxial Loading, Seismotectonics of Northern South America and Geomechanics and Coal Bed Methane Production in the Powder River Basin. PhD thesis. Stanford University, 221 pp. Caribbean, South America, stress map, GPS, neotectonic, stress, Powder River Basin.

Colmenares, O.A., 1994. Lower Cretaceous Palynostratigraphy, Organic Sedimentology and Evolution of the Maracaibo Basin, Western Venezuela. PhD Thesis, University of Toronto, 468 pp. South-America, Maracaibo Basin, sediment, stratigraphy.

Coltrin, D.G., Jr., 1987. Seismic Reflection Imaging Problems Resulting From a Rough Surface at the Top of the Accretionary Prism at Convergent Margins. MA Thesis, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas, 152 pp. Central-America, stratigraphy.

Contreras, David R., 2008, Defining the Northeastern Boundary of the Supergiant Maracaibo Foreland Basin, Venezuela. MS Thesis, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas, 184 pp. Venezuela, Burro Negro Fault, tectonic, Maracaibo Basin, seismic reflection, gravity, magnetic

Cooey, J.C., 1978. Structure and stratigraphy of the offshore margin of the southern Dominican Republic. MS Thesis, University of Southern Mississippi, Hattiesburg, Mississippi, 53 pp. Caribbean, Greater-Antilles, Hispaniola, Dominican-Republic, Muertos-Trench, Beata-Ridge, tectonic, structure, stratigraphy.

Cooper, J.C., 1982. Geology of the Fondo Negro region, Dominican Republic. MS Thesis, State University of New York at Albany, Albany, New York, 145 pp. Caribbean, Greater-Antilles, Hispaniola, Dominican-Republic, tectonic.

Cooper, J.C., 1983. Geology of the Fondo Negro Region, Dominican-Republic. MS Thesis, State University of New York, Albany, New York, 145 pp. Caribbean, Hispaniola, Dominican-Republic.

Corrigan, J.D., 1986. Geology of the Burica Peninsula, Panama-Costa Rica: Neotectonic Implications of the Southern Middle America Convergent Margin. MA Thesis, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas, 152 pp. Central-America, Panama, Costa-Rica, tectonic.

Cortés, J., 1991. The coral reefs of Golfo Dulce, Costa Rica: Geological aspects. Geological Magazine of Central America, 13: ? Central-America, Costa-Rica, reef.

Cox, K.S., 1997. A multi-channel seismic approach to the kinematic evolution of the Lake Izabel basin, Guatemala. MS Thesis, University of Texas at Arlington, Arlington, TX, 212 pp. Guatemala, seismic reflection, tectonic.

Crane, D.C., 1965. Geology of Jocotán and Timushán Quadrangles, Southeastern Guatemala. PhD Thesis, Rice University, Houston, TX, 85 pp. Central-America, Guatemala, stratigraphy, structure, petrology.

Crescini, C.M., 1998. Sequence stratigraphy and thermal maturation of the Pomeroon Concession, Offshore Guyana. Master's Thesis, University of South Carolina, 120 pp. South-America, Guyana, stratigraphy, hydrocarbons.

Crosby, J., 1980, Stratigraphy Beneath and Geologic Origin of the Northern Florida Straits from Recent Multichannel Seismic Reflection Data, University of Delaware, MS thesis. Florida Straits, seismic, stratigraphy.

Cunningham, A.D., 1998. Neogene Evolution of the Pedro Channel Carbonate System, Northern Nicaragua Rise. PhD Thesis, Rice University, Houston TX, 378 pp. Caribbean, Nicaragua-Rise, tectonic, carbonate.

Curran, D.W., 1980. Geology of the Siguatepeque Quadrangle, Honduras, Central America. MA Thesis, State University of New York at Binghamton, Binghamton, NY, 194 pp. Central-America, Honduras, stratigraphy, structure, petrology.

Curtis, J.H., 1997. Climatic variation in the circum-Caribbean during the Holocene. PHD Thesis, University of Florida, 149 pp. Caribbean, climate.

Daigle, D.M., 1986. Origin of Deep Marine Dolomite in the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean Sea. Master's Thesis, Memphis State University, Memphis, TN, 118 pp. Caribbean, Gulf-of-Mexico, sediment, carbonate, oceanography.

Dallmeyer, M.D., 1977. Quaternary Biostratigraphy of Deep-sea Benthic Foraminifera From the Eastern Caribbean Sea. Master's Thesis, University of Georgia, Athens, GA, unknown p. pp. Atlantic, Caribbean, stratigraphy, paleontology.

Davalos, L.M., 2004. Historical biogeography of the Antilles: Earth history and phylogenetics of endemic chiropteran taxa. PhD Thesis, Columbia University, 268 pp. Antilles, paleobiography.

Davis, C.L., 1998. Paleoceanographic influences on accumulation of organic matter and trace metals in Cretaceous black shale and carbonate, western Maracaibo Basin. PhD Thesis, Indiana University, 349 pp. South-America, Maracaibo Basin, paleoceanography, carbonate.

Dawe, S.E., 1984. The Geology of the Mountain Pine Ridge Area and the Relation of the Mountain Pine Ridge Granite to the Late Paleozoic and Early Mesozoic Geological History, Belize, Central America. MA Thesis, State University of New York at Binghamton, Binghamton, NY, 52 pp. Belize, igneous, geology.

De Andrade Nery Leao, Z.M., 1982. Morphology, Geology and Developmental History of the Southernmost Coral Reefs of Western Atlantic, Abrolhos Bank, Brazil. PHD Thesis, University of Miami, Miami, FL, 239 pp. Brazil, reef.

de Cabrera, S., 1986. Biostragraphy of the QG-29 well Quiamare Field, northeast of Anzoátegui (Bioestratigrafia del pozo QG-29 campo Quiamare, Noreste de Anzoátegui). 18p. Venezuela, Quiamare Field, biostratigraphy.

Deng, X., 1997. Fine-grained sediments in Barbados accretionary complex: Mineralogy, sedimentation, diagenesis, geochemistry, and fault mechanisms. PHD Thesis, University of Missouri - Columbia, Columbia, Missouri, 283 pp. Caribbean, Barbados, accretionary-wedge, minerals, sediment, geochemistry, tectonic.

Deschamps, A., 2000. Characterization of modern reefs using the Atlantic and Gulf Rapid Reef Assessment (AGRRA) protocol and digitized aerial photographs, Tobago Cays Marine Park, St. Vincent and the Grenadines. MSc Thesis, University of Ottawa, 196 pp. Caribbean, St. Vincent, Grenadines, reef.

Dewey, J.W., 1971. Seismicity Studies with the Method of Joint Hypocenter Determination. PhD Thesis, University of California Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, 173 pp. Central-America, earthquake.

Di Croce, J., 1995. Eastern Venezuelan basin: sequence stratigraphy and structural evolution. PhD Thesis, Rice University,, Houston, TX, 225 pp. Venezuela, stratigraphy, structure.

Di Croce, J., 1996. Eastern Venezuela Basin: Sequence Stratigraphy and Structural Evolution. PhD Thesis, Rice University, Houston, TX, 225 pp. Caribbean, Venezuelan-Basin, sea-level, stratigraphy, tectonic.

Di Marco, G., 1993. Evolution sédimentaire et tectonique d'un prisme d'accretion tertiare et mise en place des terrains du sud du Costa Rica (Amerique Central) (Sedimentary and Tectonic Evolution of a Tertiary Accretionary Prism and Placement in the Terrains of South Costa Rica). PhD Thesis, University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland, 245 pp. Costa-Rica, Pacific, sediment, tectonic, structure.

Dobson, L.M., 1990. Seismic Stratigraphy and Geologic History of Jurassic Rocks, Northeastern Gulf of Mexico. MS Thesis, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, 165 pp. Gulf-of-Mexico, tectonic, stratigraphy, geology.

Dolan, J.F., 1988. Paleogene Sedimentary Basin Development in the Eastern Greater Antilles: Three Studies in Active Margin Sedimentology. PhD Thesis, University of California Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, 236 pp. Greater-Antilles, sediment, tectonic.

Dominguez, H., 1987. Mineralization at the El Recodo Copper Prospect, Southeastern Cordillera Central, Dominican-Republic. MS Thesis, George Washington University, Washington, D.C., 203 pp. Dominican-Republic, minerals.

Donaldson, J.W., 1970. A paleomagnetic study of the Permian basalts at Las Delicias, Coahuila, Mexico. MA Thesis, Rice University, Houston, TX, ? pp. Mexico, igneous, paleomagnetic.

Doull, M.E., 1983. Turbidite Sedimentation in the Puerto Rico Trench Abyssal Plain, Master's (unpublished), Duke University, 124p. Puerto Rico, sediment.

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