Plate Tectonic Evolution of the Caribbean
Room H3
Co-Chairs: F. Audemard, K. H. James, and J. L. Pindell
2:10 -- Introductory Remarks
2:15 -- G. Giunta, L. Beccaluva, M. Coltorti, F. Siena, II: The Peri-Caribbean Ophiolites and Implications for the Caribbean Plate Evolution
2:45 -- E. Miranda, J. Pindell, J. Patino, I. Alor, A. Alvarado, H. Alzaga, A. Cerón, R. Dario, M. Espinosa, J. Granath, L. Hernandez-A, J. Hernandez-B, J. Hernandez-M, J. Jacobo, L. Kennan, M. Maldonado, A. Marin, A. Marino, J. Mendez, E. Pliego, A. Ramirez, G. Reyes, J. Rosenfeld, A. Vera: Mesozoic Tectonic Evolution of Mexico and Southern Gulf of Mexico: Framework for Basin Evaluation in Mexico
3:15 -- J. Pindell: Pacific Origin of Caribbean Oceanic Lithosphere and Circum-Caribbean Hydrocarbon Systems
3:45 -- K. H. James: A Simple Synthesis of Caribbean Geology
4:15 -- Break
4:30 -- F. Audemard: The" Orogenic Float" of Northern South America
5:00 -- A. F. Chambers, P. Lukito, C. Solla Hach, S. Torrescusa Villaverde, C. Riaza Molina, H. Bachmann: Structural Controls on the Hydrocarbon Prospectivity of Blocks 25-29&36, offshore northern Cuba
5:30 -- P. R. Mullin, D. Truempy: Exploration at The Plate Margin: Trinidad Block 25(a)