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Vachard, D., Vidaurre Lemus, M., Fourcade, E. and Requena, J., 2000. New Early Permian fusulinid assemblage from Guatemala. Earth and Planetary Sciences, 331: 789-796.

Vacher, H.L. and Harmon, R.S., 1987. Penrose Conference Field Guide to Bermuda Geology, 48 pp.

Vahrenkamp, V.C., 1988. Constraints of the Formation of Platform Dolomites: A Geochemical Study of Late Tertiary Dolomite From Little Bahama Bank, Bahamas. PHD Thesis, University of Miami, Miami, FL, 466 pp.

Vahrenkamp, V.C., Franssen, R.C.W.M., Grötsch, J. and Munoz, P.J., 1993. Maracaibo Platform (Aptian-Albian), northwestern Venezuela. In: J.A.T. Simo, R.W. Scott and J.-P. Masse (Editors), Cretaceous Carbonate Platforms. AAPG Memoir. American Association of Petroleum Geologists, Tulsa, OK, pp. 25-33.

Valderrama, R., 1982. Desarrollo de facies en la Cuenca de Los Llanos Orientales (Development of facies in the Los Llanos Orientales Basin), I Simposio de Exploracion Petrolera en las Cuencas Subandinas de Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador y Peru. Asociacion Colombiana de Geologos y Geofisicos del Petroleo, Bogota, Colombia, pp.?

Valdes Gonzalez, C. and NoveloCasanova, D.A., 1998. The Western Guerrero, Mexico, seismogenic zone from the microseismicity associated to the 1979 Petatlan and 1985 Zihuatanejo earthquakes. Tectonophysics, 287(1-4): 271-277.

Valdez-Carrillo, M.R., 1987. Preliminary Geologic-geotechnical Study of the Savegre Hydroelectric Project Along the Pacific Margin, Costa Rica. senior thesis Thesis, Central American School of Geology? pp.

Valencio, D.A., 1964. A structural analysis of the island of Cuba and its platform, based upon a study of geophysical data collected prior to 1961. Revista de la Asociatión Geológia Argentina, 19(1): 19-34.

Valverde-Guillén, R., 1989. Geologic-environmental Investigation of the Pejibaye Tunnel Project, Cartago, Costa Rica. senior thesis Thesis, Central American School of Geology? pp.

Valyashko, G.M. et al., 1976. New data on structure of deep-water trenches, Puerto Rico and Cayman. Vestn. Mosk. Univ., Ser. geol.(1): 34-43.

van Andel, T.H., 1958. Origin and classification of Cretaceous, Paleocene, and Eocene sandstones of western Venezuela. American Association of Petroleum Geologists Bulletin, 42: 734-763.

van Andel, T.H., Heath, G.R., Malfait, B.T., Heinrichs, D.F. and Ewing, J.I., 1971. Tectonics of the Panama Basin, eastern equatorial Pacific. Geological Society of America Bulletin, 82: 1489-1508.

van de Meer Mohr, C.G., 1977. Field trip to the salinas of Bonaire. In? (Editor), Eighth Caribbean Geological Conference Guide to the Field Excursions on Curaçao, Bonaire and Aruba. GUA Paper of Geology. Stichting GUA, Amsterdamm - The Netherlands, pp. 76-87.

van Decar, J.C., Russo, R.M., James, D.E., Ambeh, W.B. and Franke, M., 2003. Aseismic continuation of the Lesser Antilles slab beneath continental South America - art. no. 2043. Journal of Geophysical Research Solid Earth, 108(B1): 2043.

van den Berghe, B., 1983a. Evolution sédimentaire et structurale depuis le Paléocene du secteur 'Massif de la Selle' (Haiti) - 'Baoruco' (Republique Dominicaine) - 'Nord de la Ride de Beata' dans l' orogene nord Caraibe (Hispaniola - Grandes Antilles) (Sedimentar and structural evolution since the Paleocene from sector 'Massif de la Selle' (Haiti) - 'Baoruco' (Dominican-Republic) - 'North of the Beata Ridge' within the north Caribbean orogeny (Hispaniola - Greater Antilles)). PhD Thesis, Université Pierre et Marie Curie? pp.

van den Berghe, B., 1983b. Sedimentary and Structural Evolution Since the Paleocene of the Sector of the Selle Massif (Haiti), Bahoruco (Dominican Republic) to the North of the Beata Ridge, Within the North Caribbean Orogeny (Hispaniola, Greater Antilles) (Evolution sédimentaire et structurale depuis le Paléocène du secteur du massif de la Selle (Haïti), Bahoruco (République Dominicaine) au Nord de la ride de Beata, dans l'orogène nord-caraïbe (Hispaniola, Grandes Antilles)). PhD Thesis, Université Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris, France, 205 pp.

van den Bold, W., 1975a. Neogene biostratigraphy (Ostracoda) of southern Hispaniola. Bulletin of American Paleontology, 66(286): 39.

van den Bold, W.A., 1957a. Oligo-Mocene Ostracoda from the southern Trinidad. Micropaleontology, 3: 231-254.

van den Bold, W.A., 1957b. Ostracoda from the Paleocene of Trinidad. Micropaleontology, 3: 1-18.

van den Bold, W.A., 1958. Ostracoda of the Brasso Formation of Trinidad. Micropaleontology, 4: 391-418.

van den Bold, W.A., 1960. Eocene and Oligocene ostracoda of Trinidad. Micropaleontology, 6: 145-196.

van den Bold, W.A., 1968. Ostracoda of the Yague Group (Neogene), Dominican Republic. Bulletin of American Paleontology, 54(239): 106.

van den Bold, W.A., 1969. Neogene Ostracoda from southern Puerto Rico. Caribbean Journal of Science, 9(3-4): 117-125.

van den Bold, W.A., 1970. Ostracoda of the lower and middle Miocene of St. Croix, St. Martin, and Anguilla. Caribbean Journal of Science, 10: 35-61.

van den Bold, W.A., 1971a. Distribution of ostracodes in the Oligo-Miocene of the northern Caribbean. Transactions Fifth Caribbean Geological Conference: 123-128.

van den Bold, W.A., 1971b. Ostracoda of the Coastal Group of Formations of Jamaica. Gulf Coast Association of Geological Societies, Transactions, 1: 325-348.

van den Bold, W.A., 1973. Distribution of Ostracoda in the Oligocene and Lower and Middle Miocene of Cuba. Caribbean Journal of Science, 1973, Vol. 13, Issue 3-4, pp. 145-159, 13(3-4): 145-159.

van den Bold, W.A., 1975b. Neogene biostratigraphy (Ostracoda) of Southern Hispaniola. Bulletin of American Paleontology, 66(286): 88.

van den Bold, W.A., 1975c. Ostracods from the Late Neogene of Cuba. Bulletin of American Paleontology, 68: 121-167.

van den Bold, W.A., 1975d. Remarks on ostracode biostratigraphy of the late and middle Tertiary of southwest Puerto Rico. Caribbean Journal of Science, 15(1-2): 31-36.

Van Den Bold, W.A., 1980. Notes on the distribution of some mid-Tertiary ostracodes of Puerto Rico. Transactions of the Caribbean Geological Conference (Memorias - Conferencia Geologica del Caribe), 9(1): 225-230.

van den Bold, W.A., 1981. Distribution of ostracoda in the Neogene of Central Haiti. Bulletin of American Paleontology, 79(312): 136.

van den Bold, W.A., 1983a. Shallow-marine biostratigraphic zonation in the Caribbean post-Eocene. In? (Editor), Transactions of the 8th International Symposium on Ostracoda. pp. 400-416.

van den Bold, W.A., 1983b. Shallow-marine biostratigraphic zonation in the Caribbean post-Eocene, 8th International Symposium on Ostracoda, Transactions, pp. 400-416.

van den Bold, W.A., 1990a. Late Holocene ostracoda in and around Lake Enriquillo, Dominican-Republic. In: D.K. Larue and G. Draper (Editors), Transactions 12th Caribbean Geological Conference, St. Croix, Aug. 7-11, 1989. Miami Geological Society, Miami, FL, pp. 163-173.

Van Den Bold, W.A., 1990b. Short review of the Ostracoda of the Montpelier and coastal groups of Jamaica. Transactions of the Caribbean Geological Conference (Memorias - Conferencia Geologica del Caribe), 12: 99-103.

van den Oever, F., 2000. Aruba; a geochemical baseline study Geochemical mapping in the Kingdom of the Netherlands. Geologie en Mijnbouw. Netherlands Journal of Geosciences, 79(4): 467-477.

van der Hammen, T., 1954. El desarrollo de la flora Colombiana en los periodos geologicos, I. Maestrichtiano hasta Terciario mas inferior (The development of the Colombian flora in the geologic periods, I. Maestrichtian to lowest Tertiary). Boletin Geologico, Instituto Geologico Nacional, Bogota (Colombia), 2(1): 49-106.

van der Hammen, T., 1957. Estratigrafia palinologica de la Sabana de Bogota (Palynologic stratigraphy of the Bogata Savana). Boletin Geologico, 5: 187-203.

van der Hammen, T., 1958. Estratigrafia del Terciario y Maestrichtiano continentales y tectonogenesis de los Andes Colombianos (Stratigraphy of the Tertiary and Maestrichtian continents and tectonogenesis of the Colombian Andes). Boletin Geologico, Instituto Geologico Nacional, Bogota (Colombia), 6(1-3): 67-128.

van der Hammen, T., 1961. Late Cretaceous and Tertiary stratigraphy and tectogenesis of the Colombian Andes. Geologie en Mijnbouw, 40: 181-188.

van der Hammen, T., Werner, J.H. and Van Dommelen, H., 1973a. Palynological record of the upheaval of the northern Andes: A study of the Pliocene and Lower Quaternary of the Colombian eastern Cordillera and the early evolution of its high Andean biota. Review of Paleobotany and Palynology, 16: 1-122.

van der Hammen, T., Werner, J.H. and van Dommeln, H., 1973b. Palynological record of the upheaval of the northern Andes: A study of the Pliocene and Lower Quaternary of the Colombian Eastern Cordillera and the early evolution of its high-Andean biota. Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology, 16: 1-122.

van der Hilst, R., 1990a. Tomography with P, PP, and pP delay-time data and the three-dimensional mantle structure below the Caribbean region. PhD dissertation Thesis, University of Utrecht, Holland, 250 pp.

Van der Hilst, R. and Mann, P., 1994. Tectonic implications of tomographic images of subducted lithosphere beneath northwestern South America. Geology, 22: 451-454.

van der Hilst, R.D., 1990b. Tomography with P, PP and pP delay-time data and the three-dimensional mantle structure below the Caribbean region. Geologica Ultraiectina, 67, 249 pp.

van der Hilst, R.D. and Engdahl, E.R., 1991. On ISC PP and pP data and their use in delay-time tomography of the Caribbean region. Geophysical Journal International, 106(1): 169-188.

van der Hilst, R.D. and Spakman, W., 1989. Importance of reference model in linearized tomography and images of subduction below the Caribbean plate. Geophysical Research Letters, 16(10): 1093-1096.

van der Voo, R., Mauk, F.J. and French, R.B., 1976. Permian-Triassic continental configurations and origin of the Gulf of Mexico. Geology, 4: 177-180.

van Fossen, M.C. and Channell, J.E.T., 1988. Paleomagnetism of Late Cretaceous and Eocene limestones and chalks from Haiti tectonic interpretations. Tectonics, 7(3): 601-612.

Van Fossen, M.C., Channell, J.E.T. and Bralower, T.J., 1995. Geomagnetic polarity stratigraphy and nannofossil biostratigraphy at the K/T boundary section near Beloc, Haiti. Cretaceous Research, 16(1): 131-139.

van Fossen, M.C., Channell, J.E.T. and Schellekens, J.H., 1989. Paleomagnetic evidence for Tertiary anticlockwise rotation in southwest Puerto Rico. Geophysical Research Letters, 16: 819-822.

Van Gestel, J.-P., Jr., 2000. Structure and tectonics of the Puerto Rico-Virgin Islands platform and multi-configuration ground penetrating radar data. PHD Thesis, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, 214 pp.

van Gestel, J.P., Mann, P., Dolan, J.F. and Grindlay, N.R., 1998. Structure and tectonics of the upper Cenozoic Puerto Rico Virgin Islands carbonate platform as determined from seismic reflection studies. Journal of Geophysical Research - Solid Earth, 103(B12): 30505-30530.

van Gestel, J.P., Mann, P., Grindlay, N.R. and Dolan, J.F., 1999. Three-phase tectonic evolution of the northern margin of Puerto Rico as inferred from an integration of seismic reflection, well, and outcrop data. Marine Geology, 161: 257-286.

van Houten, F.B., 1976. Late Cenozoic volcaniclastic deposits, Andean foredeep, Colombia. In? (Editor)? Memoir. Geological Society of America, Boulder, CO, pp. 481-495.

van Houten, F.B. and James, H.E., 1984. Late Cenozoic Guayabo delta complex in southwestern Maracaibo Basin, northeastern Colombia. 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. 325-332.

van Houten, F.B. and Travis, R.B., 1968. Cenozoic deposits, Upper Magdalena Valley, Colombia. American Association of Petroleum Geologists Bulletin, 52(4): 675-702.

van Soest, M.C., Hilton, D.R. and Kreulen, R., 1998. Tracing crustal and slab contributions to arc magmatism in the Lesser Antilles island arc using helium and carbon relationships in geothermal fluids. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 62(19-20): 3323-3335.

Van Soest, M.C., Hilton, D.R., Macpherson, C.G. and Mattey, D.P., 2002. Resolving sediment subduction and crustal contamination in the Lesser Antilles island Arc: A combined He-O-Sr isotope approach. Journal of Petrology, 43(1): 143-170.

van Veen, F.R., 1972. Ambientes sedimentarios de las formaciónes Mirador y Misoa del Eoceno inferior y medio de la cuenca del Lago de Maracaibo (Sedimentary environments of the Mirador and Misoa formations of the Lower Eocene and the middle of the basin of Lake Maracaibo), 4th Venezuelan Geological Congress (Caracas, Venezuela), pp. 1074-1114.

Van Wessem, A., 1943. Geology and paleontology of central Camaguey, Cuba. 5: 88.

van Wessen, A., 1843. Geology and paleontology of central Camagüey, Cuba. Geographische en Geologische Mededeelingen. Physiographisch-Geologische Reeks, 5?

van Wyk de Vries, B., Kerle, N. and Petley, D., 2000. Sector collapse forming at Casita Volcano, Nicaragua. Geology, 28(2): 67-170.

Vanderwiel, A.M., 1991. Uplift and Volcanism of the SE Colombian Andes in Relation to Neogene Sedimentation in the Upper Magdalena Valley. Thesis? 208 pp.

VanDusen, S.R. and Doser, D.I., 2000. Faulting processes of historic (1917-1962) M >= 6.0 earthquakes along the north-central Caribbean margin. Pure and Applied Geophysics, 157(5): 719-736.

Vannucchi, P., Galeotti, S., Clift, P.D., Ranero, C.R. and von Huene, R., 2004. Long-term subduction-erosion along the Guatemalan margin of the Middle America Trench. Geology Boulder, 32(7): 617-620.

Vannucchi, P. et al., 2003. Fast rates of subduction erosion along the Costa Rica Pacific margin: Implications for nonsteady rates of crustal recycling at subduction zones - art. no. 2511. Journal of Geophysical Research Solid Earth, 108(B11): 2511.

Vannucchi, P., Scholl, D.W., Meschede, M. and McDougall-Reid, K., 2001. Tectonic erosion and consequent collapse of the Pacific margin of Costa Rica; Combined implications from ODP Leg 170, seismic offshore data, and regional geology of the Nicoya Peninsula. Tectonics, 20(5): 649-668.

Vannucchi, P. and Tobin, H., 2000. Deformation structures and implications for fluid flow at the Costa Rica convergent margin, ODP Sites 1040 and 1043, Leg 170. Journal of Structural Geology, 22(8): 1087-1103.

Vargas-H, R., Etayo-Serna, F., Renzoni, G. and Tellez, N., 1985. Corte estratigrafico panoramico de la Formacion los Santos, carretera quebrada del Medio-EI Boqueron (Santander) (Panoramic stratigraphic section of the Santos Formation, highway ravine of the Medio-El Boqueron (Santander)). In: F. Etayo-Serna and F. Laverde-M. (Editors), Proyecto Cretacico, Contribuciones. Publicaciones Geologicas Especiales del Ingeominas, Bogota, Colombia, pp. 12.

Vargas-Higuera, R., Arias-T., A., jaramillo-C., L. and Tellez-I., N., 1981. Geologia del Cuadrangulo I-13 Malaga (Geology of the I-13 Malaga Quadrangle). Ingeominas, Boletin Geologico (Bogota, Colombia), 24(3): 1-76.

Vargas, C.C., 1987. Las Calizas Neriticas de la Vertiente Pacaifica del Norte de Costa Rica y Sur de Nicarague: Epocas y Sistemas de Sedimentacion Asociados, Con la Apertura y Evolucion del Margen Convergente de la America Central Meridiona (The Neritic Limestones of the Pacific Slope from the North of Costa Rica and South of Nicaragua: Epochs and Systems of Associated Sedimentation, With the Opening and Evolution of the Convergent Margin of the Meridonal Central America). Thesis, Escuela Centroamericana de Geologia, Universidad de Costa Rica, Faculdad de Ciencias, 165 pp.

Vargas, F. and Alfaro, A., 1992. Technical note, Presence of serpentinites and alkaline basalts in the northern Atlantic zone of Costa Rica. Geological Magazine of Central America, published by the Central American School of Geology, 14?

Vasilev, E. and et al., 1989. Informe del levantamiento geológico y las búsquedas acompañantes a escala 1:50 000 al Norte de Las Villas (Poligono II), Jíbaro-Báez (Report of the Geologic Uplift and the Accompanying Searches at Scale 1:50000 to the north of Las Villas (Polygon II), Jibaro-Baez).

Vásquez-Rojas, R., 1989. Statistical Analysis of Geochemical Data From Three Fluvial Sedimentary Deposits of Epithermal Gold, Cordillera de Tilarán-Montes del Aguacate, Costa Rica. senior thesis Thesis, Central American School of Geology, 111 pp.

Vasquez, E. and Dickey, P., 1972. Major faulting in northwestern Venezuela and its relation to global tectonics, Transactions Caribbean Geological Conference, 6th, pp. 191-202.

Vaughan, T.W., 1918. Geologic history of the West Indies and Central America during Cenozoic time. Geological Society of America Bulletin, 29: 615-630.

Vaughan, T.W., 1919a. Contributions to the geology and paleontology of the Canal Zone, Panama, and geologically related areas in Central America and the West Indies. Bulletin of the United States National Museum, 103: 547-612.

Vaughan, T.W., 1919b. Fossil corals from Central America, Cuba, and Puerto Rico with an account of American Tertiary, Pleistocene, and Recent coral reefs. U.S. National Museum Bulletin, 103: 189-524.

Vaughan, T.W., 1919c. The stratigraphic horizon of the beds containing Lepidocyclina chaperi on Haut Chagres, Panama, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, pp. 519-522.

Vaughan, T.W. et al., 1921. A geological reconnaissance of the Dominican-Republic, Geological Survey of the Dominican-Republic. Geological Survey of the Dominican-Republic Memoirs. Washington, D.C, pp.?

Vaughan, T.W. and Hoffmeister, J.E., 1925. New species of fossil corals from the Dominican-Republic. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard College, 67: 315-326.

Vaughan, T.W. and Hoffmeister, J.E., 1926. Miocene corals from Trinidad, Papers of the Department of Marine Biology, Carnegie Institution of Washington, pp. 105-140.

Vaughn, T.W., 1983. Un reconocimiento geologico de la Republica Dominicana (A Geological Reconnaissance of the Domincian Republic). Servicio Geologico de la Republica Dominicana, Edition de Santa Domingo, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, 302 pp.

Vaughn, W.W. et al., 1981. A Geological Reconnaissance of the Dominican Republic. Gibson Brothers, Washington, D.C., 269 pp.

Vaugnat, M., 1959. Preliminary Report on the Investigation of Ultramafic Rocks in Cuba, La Habana.

Vazquez, R., Vennemann, T.W., Kesler, S.E. and Russell, N., 1998. Carbon and oxygen isotope halos in the host limestone, El Mochito Zn-Pb-(Ag) skarn massive sulfide-oxide deposit, Honduras. Economic Geology, 93: 15-32.

Vedder, J.G., 1972. Acoustic Reflection Profiles, East Margin Yucatan Basin. IDOE, US Geological Survey.

Vedder, J.G., MacLeod, N.S., Lanphere, M.A. and Dillon, W.P., 1973. Age and metamorphic implications of some low-grade metamorphic rocks from the Yucatan Channel. Journal of Research U. S. Geologic Survey, 1(2): 157-164.

Vega, J.E., 1990. The Archaeology of Coastal Change, Puerto Rico. PHD Thesis, University of Florida, 174 pp.

Vega, V. and Kellogg, J.N., 1992. Repeat observations over northwestern South America, the Caribbean, Panama from the CASA Global Positioning System Project. EOS (American Geophysical Union Transactions), 73: 86.

Velez, R., 1985. A survey of seismic reflection data for Puerto Rico and its environs. Undergraduate senior thesis Thesis, University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez, Puerto Rico, 25 pp.

Venneman, T.W. et al., 1993. Stable isotope evidence for magmatic fluids in the Pueblo Viejo epithermal acid sulfate, Au-Ag deposit, Dominican Republic. Economic Geology, 88: 55-71.

Verdonck, D., 1990. Subduction of the Cocos Ridge and vertical movement of western Costa Rica. MS Thesis, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania, 52 pp.

Vergara-Munoz, A., 1986. A Catalogue of Seismicity in Panama for the Interval 1904 - 83.

Vergara-Muñoz, A., 1988. Tectonic patterns of the Panama block deduced from seismicity, gravitational data, and earthquake mechanisms: Implications to the seismic hazard. Tectonophysics, 154: 253-267.

Vergara, A., 1987. Technical note: Importance of prevention. Geological Magazine of Central America, published by the Central American School of Geology, 7?

Vergara Munoz, A., 1988. Seismicity of the Panama Block. I: Magnetudes and spatial distribution of epicentres. Tectonophysics, 145: 213-224.

Vermut, L.W., 1937. Geology of the Province of Pinar del Rio, Cuba. Geographische en Geologische Mededeelingen. Physiographisch-Geologische Reeks, 13. Instituut der Rijksuniversiteit, Utrecht, Holland, 60 pp.

Vernette, G., 1986. La Plate-forme Continentale Caraibe de Colombie (du Debouche du Magdalena au Golfe de Morrosquillo): Importance du Diapirisme Argileux Sur la Morphologie et la Sedimentation (Caribbean Continental Platform of Columbia (the Magdalena Outlet of the Gulf of Morrosquillo): Importance of Clay Diapirism on Morphology and Sedimentation). Memoires de l'Institut de Geologie du Bassin d'Aquitaine, pp. 391.

Vernette, G. and Klingebiel, A., 1988. Geometry and sedimentary facies of interdiapiric basins along the Caribbean Colombian margin. In: L. Barker (Editor), Transaction of the Eleventh Caribbean Geological Conference. Energy and Natural Resource Division, Barbados, Dover Beach, Barbados, pp. 6:1-6:9.

Vernette, G., Mauffret, A., Bobier, C., Briceno, L. and Gayet, J., 1992. Mud diapirism, fan sedimentation and strike-slip faulting, Caribbean Colombian margin. Tectonophysics, 202(2/4): 335-349.

Vespucci, P., 1980. Preliminary account of the petrology of the late Cenozoic volcanic province of Hispaniola, Transactions of the 9th Caribbean Geological Conference, Santo Domingo, Dominican-Republic, pp. 379-389.

Vespucci, P., 1989. Summary of trace element and isotope data, Late Cretaceous volcanics, Hispaniola, Transactions 10th Caribbean Geological Conference, Cartagena, Colombia, pp. 467-472.

Vespucci, R.M., 1976. Petrology and geochemistry of the Late Cenozoic volcanic rocks of the Dominican Republic. PhD Thesis, The George Washington University, Washington, D. C., 286 pp.

Vezina, J., Jones, B. and Ford, D., 1999. Sea-level highstands over the last 500,000 years: Evidence from the Ironshore formation on Grand Cayman, British West Indies. Journal of Sedimentary Research, 69(2): 317-327.

Viapiana, R.P., 1990. Eocene stratigraphy studies, Maracaibo Basin, northwestern Venezuela. In: D.K. Larue and G. Draper (Editors), Transactions of the Twelfth Caribbean Geological Conference. Miami Geological Society, Miami, St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands, pp. 485-494.

Vicente, V.P. and Rivera, J.A., 1982. Depth limits of the seagrass Thalassia Testudinum (Konig) in Jobos and Guayanilla bays, Puerto Rico. Caribbean Journal of Science, 17: 73-79.

Victor, L., 1976. Structures of the Continental Margin of Central America From Northern Nicaragua to Northern Panama. MS Thesis, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR, 76 pp.

Vidal, F.P., 1982. El Potenciál Minero - Energético de la Provincia Peravia (The mining-energy potential of the Peravia Province). Dirección Generál de Minería y Hídrocarbunos, Santo Domingo, Dominican-Republic.

Viele, G.W. and Thomas, W.A., 1989. Tectonic synthesis of the Ouachita orogenic belt. In: R.D. Hatcher, Jr., W.A. Thomas, Jr. and G.W. Viele (Editors), The Appalachian-Ouachita Orogen in the United States. The Geology of North America. Geological Society of America, Boulder, CO, pp. 695-728.

Vierbuchen, R., 1984. The geology of the El Pilar Fault Zone and adjacent areas in northeastern Venezuela. In: W.E. Bonini, R.B. Hargraves and R. Shagam (Editors), The Caribbean-South American Plate Boundary and Regional Tectonics. Geological Society of America Memoir. Geological Society of America, Boulder, CO, pp. 189-252.

Vierbuchen, R.C., Jr., 1979. The Tectonics of Northeastern Venezuela and the Southeastern Caribbean Sea. PhD Thesis, Princeton University, 193 pp.

Vila, J.-M., Amilcar, H., Amilcar, H.C., Boisson, D. and Feinberg, H., 1990. A tectonic-sedimentary event in the southern Haiti (vière Gosseline, Greater Antilles): Consequences on the extension and the mise in place of the Macaya nappe (Un événement tectono-sédimentaire danien dans le sud d'Haiti (Rivière Gosseline, Grandes Antilles): Conséquences sur l'extension et la mise en place de la nappe de Macaya). Bulletin of the Geological Society of France, 8: 349-359.

Vila, J.-M., Butterlin, J., Calmus, T., Mercier de Lépinay, B. and van den Berghe, B., 1985. Carte Géologique d'Haïti au 1/1,000,000 Avec Notice Explicative Détaillée (Geologic Map of Haiti at 1:1,000,000 With Detailed Explicative Notes). In: C. Girault (Editor). CEGET-CNRS, Bordeaux, France.

Vila, J.-M., Butterlin, J., Labesse, B. and Mercier de Lépinay, B., 1982. Données nouvelles sur les roches métamorphiques de l'Ile de la Tortue (Hispaniola, Grandes Antilles) (New data concerning the metamorphic rocks of the Island of Tortue (Hispaniola, Greater Antilles). Comptes Rendus Académie des Sciences de Paris, 294: 1103-1106.

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