Modified Oct, 2000

ORGANIZING COMMITTEE

Chairman - Dr. Trevor Jackson
Vice-Chairmana - Dr. Raymond Wright
Editorial - Prof. Steve Donovan
Field Trips - Prof. Ted Robinson
Technical Sessions - Mr. Rafi Ahmad
Business Secretary - Miss Norline Martin

Contact Telephone 876-927-2728 - Contact Fax 876-977-6029

Department of Geology and Geography,
University of the West Indies,
Mona, Kingston 7, JAMAICA W.I.

Transactions to be published by University of the West Indies Press as:

'CARIBBEAN GEOLOGY:INTO THE THIRD MILLENIUM'

edited by Dr. Trevor Jackson,

Titles:

The evolution of the Caribbean Plate and its relation to global plate motion vectors: geometric constraints for an inter-American origin. Meshede & Frish.

Relict oceanic lithosphere in Cuba: types, origin and emplacement ages. Cobiella.

The evolution of the Cocos-Nazca spreading centre and overprinting hot spot traces. Meschede, Barckhausen & Worm.

Tertiary Tectonics of the Hispaniola Fault Zone in the northwestern piedmont of the Cordillera Central, Dominican Republic. Coleman & Winslow.

Late Eocene to Middle Miocene tectonic evolution of the Caribbean: some principles and their implications for plate tectonic modeling. Iturralde-Vinent & Gahagan

Structural geology of the Tompire Bay outcrops, eastern Northern Range, Trinidad. Weber & Ferrill.

Tectono-magmatic significance of the peri-Caribbean ophiolitic units and geodynamic implications. Giunta, Beccaluva, Coltorti & Siena.

Retrograded ecologite in the Cuabas amphibolite of the Rio San Juan Complex, northern Hispaniola. Abbott & Draper.

The Paleogene volcanic rocks of Cuba and Jamaica: similarities and differences. Jackson & Scott.

.Lower Cretaceous plants from the Dominican Republic. Smiley

The fauna of Jamaican Cretaceous coral reefs. Mitchell

Fossil Brachiopoda of the Caribbean region: biodiversity patterns. Harper.

Planktonic and benthic foraminifera from the Moore Town shales (Paleocene) at the Fellowship bridge section, Portland, Jamaica. Fleugeman.

Late Cenozoic trace fossils from the southeast coastal Jamaica. Pickerill, Donovan, Mitchell & Keighley.

Pleistocene echinoids from the fore reef palaeoenvironments in Barbados and eastern Jamaica: a comparison. Donovan, Harper, Blackman & Simpson.

Pleistocene brachiopods from the carbonate cover sequence in the Caribbean region: Barbados and Jamaica compared. Harper & Donovan.

The Great Blue Hole of Lighthouse reef atoll, Belize, Central America: deep technical diving to collect sea level records. Jones & Dill.

Oxygen isotope and alteration geochemistry of the Cerro de Maimon massive sulphide deposit, Dominican Republic. Astacio, Lewis, Campbell & Espaillat.

Mineralogy of the sand-sized sediments in the Rio Minho drainage basin, Jamaica. Bandy, Jackson & Scott

The Devil's Woodyard mud volcano of Trinidad: chemistry amd mineralogy. Knight, Scott & Grierson

Soil liquefaction during the Caracas 1967 and the Boca de Tocuyo 1989 earthquakes, Venezuela:its significance for human settlements on active alluvial and coastland areas. Audemard.

Rain induced slope failures and damage assessment in Portland, Jamaica: January 3-4 1998 flood event. Harris.

An improved statistical long-range volcano eruption forecasting programme "Eruption" Pro 9.6. Trombley.

Fieldwork: a key component in teaching geology and geomorphology at the University of the West Indies, Jamaica. Donovan, Jackson & Miller.

Dr.Trevor Jackson
Conference Chairman
15 th Caribbean Geological Conference
Department of Geography and Geology
University of the West Indies
Mona, Kingston 7,
JAMAICA, W.I.