Transactions of the 7th Caribbean Geological Conference

TABLE DES MATIÈRES

Comité d'organisation.......3
Aides.......5
Programme détaillé de la conférence . . . .7
Liste des participants. ..14 ...
Discours de bienvenue prononcé par Roger CAUSSE..........20
Discours prononcé par J. BUTTERLIN .......23
Compte rendu de la réunion du Comité permanent de la Conférence geologique des Caraïbes...........24
Discours de clôture prononcé par Roger CAUSSE ..........25
Séance de clôture .......................................28
Sessions techniques .....................31
Section 1. Geologie structurale. Geophysique ......31
Section 2. Stratigraphie 33
Section 3. Magmatisme et phenomenes associes. Petrographie des roches cristallines . . 35
Section 4. Geologie appliquee .......36.
Section 5. Sedimentologie et petrographie sedimentaire ..........37

I. - Région des Caraibes (general) et mer des Caraibes (sauf Ride des Oiseaux).

AUBOUIN Jean.-Mer Caraibe et mer Mediterranee: reflexions sur une comparaison structurale ..... 41

BUTTERLIN Jacques.-Les problemes souleves par l'application de la tectonique globale a la region des Caraibes .........51

CHRISTOFFERSON Eric.-Caribbean plate-tectonics: evidence from the Colombia basin . . . . .61

LADD John.-Relative motion between North and South America and caribbean tectonics ........63

MAC DONALD William.-Cretaceous-tertiary evolution of the Caribbean .........69

MATTSON Peter.-Mesozoic and Tertiary Lithospheric Plate Interactions in the Northern Caribbean ..... 79

SHURBET Deskin.-Definition of the Caribbean "plate" by Sn waves from earthquakes . .............87

EMERY Kenneth.-General structure of the Caribbean region ...93

HAY William, STEINMETZ John, SOUTHAM John.-Described occurrences of calcareous Nannofossils in the Caribbean.......97

HORSFIELD William, ROBINSON Edward.-Marine geology of the Jamaica passage .....107

ROEMER Lamar, BRYANT William, FAHLQulsT Davis. -A geophysical investigation of the Beata ridge ... 115.

WATKINS Joel, CAVANAUGH Thomas.-Implications of Magnetic Anomalies in the Venezuelan Basin. . . .127

HEDBERG Hollis.-An international stratigraphic guide (with reference to the Caribbean region) .......139

HEDBERG Hollis.-Some distinctive lithostratigraphic units of the Caribbean region .........141

ROBINSON Edward.-Zonation by larger Foraminifera of the Caribbean Cretaceous and Lower Tertiary .....143

SANFILIPPO Annika, RIEDEL William.-Radiolarian occurrences in the Caribbean Region .......145

VAN DEN BOLD Willem.-Ostracode correlation of brackish-water beds in the Caribbean Neogene . . .169

APPELBAUM Bruce, BOUMA Arnold.-Depositional microtextures of Colombia basin deep water sands . .177

MAURRASSE Florentin.-Paleoecologic and paleoclimatic implications of radiolarian facies in Caribbean Paleogene deep-sea sediments ............185

MAURRASSE Florentin, GLASS Billy.-Radiolarian stratigraphy and North american microtektites in Caribbean RC 9-58: implications concerning late eocene radiolarian chronology and the age of the Eocene-Oligocene boundary........205

SWEET William Jr.-Floating tar balls: possible seepage sources ..........213

II. ­ Grandes Antilles et Bahamas.

BOITEAU Alice, MICHARD Andre.-Donnees nouvelles sur le socle me~amorphique de Cuba. Problemes d'application de la tectonique des plaques ...........221

BOWIN CARL. -Geology of Hispaniola ..........227

HORSFIELD William.-Quaternary crustal movements in the Greater Antilles . . . . . 229

MATTHEWS James, HOLCOMBE Troy.-Possible caribbean underthrusting of the Greater Antilles along the Muertos Trough . . . . . . 235

CHEILLETZ Alain, LEWIS John.-Contribution a l'etude de la bordure meridionale du massif du N.NE d'Haiti ...........243

EVA Anthony.-New data on the middle Eocene yellow limestone group in Western Jamaica . . . . . 249

SEIGLIE George, MOUSSA Mounir.-Smaller benthic foraminifers and correlation of the Oligocene-Pliocene rocks in Puerto Rico................255

LEE Victor, MATTSON Peter.-Metamorphosed Oceanic Crust or Early Volcanic Products in Puerto Rico Basement Rock Association.....263

RATTE Charles.-Geology of Green Cay, St. Croix, U.S.V.I. A preliminary report .......271

CHEILLETZ Alain, SAMAMA Jean-Claude.-Les gites mineraux de la Republique d'Haiti et leur distribution geologique ...........................277

BOURROUILH Francoise.-Sedimentologie et petrographie sedimentaire du Pleistocene Bahamien: region de Fresh Creek, lle Andros, Bahama ..........................285

COUTIN CORREA Donis, BRITO ROJAS Amelia.-Caracteristicas de la zeolitizacion en rocas sedimentarias de origen volcanico en Cuba oriental ................293

III. ­ Petites Antilles (y compris Ride des Oiseaux, Ride de la Barbade).

CORON Suzanne, FEUILLARD Michel.-Etudes gravimetriques en Guadeloupe et dans les iles de son archipel ..........301

FEUILLARD Michel.-Tirs sismiques dans le massif volcanique de la Guadeloupe . . 303

KEAREY Philip.-Gravity and seismic reflection investigation into the crustal structure of the Aves ridge, Eastern Caribbean . . . . . 311

WESTBROOK Graham.-The structure and evolution of the Barbados Ridge ..........321

ANDREIEFF Patrick, COTTEZ Simon.-Sur l'age, la structure et la formation des iles de Grande-Terre et de Marie Galante (Guadeloupe - FWI) ..................329

JULIUS Charles, PONS Jean-Claude.-Etude micropaleontologique et sedimentologique du gisement de Bassignac (Martinique): interpretation biostratigraphique ................335

LEWIS John, ROBINSON Edward.-A revised stratigraphy and geological history of the Lesser Antilles . . .......339

ANDREIEFF Patrick, BELLON Herve, WESTERCAMP Denis.-Chronometrie et stratigraphie comparee des edifices volcaniques et formations sedimentaires de la Martinique (Antilles francaises) ..........345

CLOCCHIATTI Robert, MERVOYER Bernard.-Contribution a l'etude des cristaux de quartz de la Guadeloupe............357

FEUILLARD Michel.-Etudes thermiques a la Soufriere de la Guadeloupe ..........71

GUNN Bernard, ROOBOL John.-The geochemistry of the limestone Caribbees.......385

MAURY R., MERVOYER Bernard, WESTERCAMP Denis.-Temperatures de mise en place des pyroclastites fossiliferes de la Montagne Pelee (Martinique) et de la Soufriere de Guadeloupe .......93

ROOBOL John, SMITH Alan.-Stratigraphic studies of Mont Pelee, Martinique........399

SMITH Alan, ROOBOL John.-Petrologic studies of Mont Pelee, Martinique ..........407

WESTERCAMP Denis.-Petrologie de la dacite a grenat de Gros llet, Martinique, Petites Antilles Franc,aises .........413

WESTERCAMP Denis.-Stratigraphie des roches volcaniques du massif du Carbet (Martinique) ............427

WESTERCAMP Denis, MERVOYER Bernard.-Les series volcaniques de la Martinique et de la Guadeloup- (FWI) .........437

ASSOR Richard.-Amenagements cotiers, exploitation des fonds marins et protection de la nature . . . . 451

DEMIANS D'ARCHlMBAUD Jean, SURCIN Jacques.-Recherches d'energie geothermique en Guadeloupe . . . 459

IV. - Bordure méridionale de la region des Caraïbes (Antilles hollandaises Sous-le-Vent, Antilles vénezuéliennes + Trinité + Tobago + Bordure nord de l'Amerique du Sud + Guyane).

IRVING Earl.-Longitudinal variation, igneous episodicity, and coastal tectonics along the Andean Cordillera South America..................471

LAU William, RAJPAULSINGH Winston.-A structural review of Trinidad West Indies in the light of current plate-tectonics and wrench fault theory...........473

MARESCH Walter.-lmplications of a mesozoic to early tertiary collision-type plate-tectonic model in Northern Venezuela for the Southern Caribbean region ..........485

SKERLEC Grant.-The western termination of the Caribbean mountains. A progress report .......493

BEETS D., MAC GILLAVRY Henri.-New data on the stratigraphic succession of Bonaire (Netherlands Antilles) ........495

HUNTER Hugh, BARTOK Pedro.-The age and correlation of the Tertiary sediments of the Paraguana Peninsula Venezuela.............497

POTTER Henry.-Type sections of the Maraval, Maracas and Chancellor formations in the Carribean Group of the Northern Range of Trinidad..........505

RODRIGUEZ Simon.-Petrologia y mineralogia de los complejos intrusivos basicos de la region del Rio Cerro Pelon, Guarico septentrional Venezuela..............529

DAHLBERG Edward.-Basemetal exploration in a basic granulite terrain of Bakhuis Mts, Western Suriname............535

RODRIGUEZ Simon.-Talc and soapstone deposits of Southern Yaracuy Coast Cordillera, Venezuela........547

MARTIN Jean-Marie, THOMAS Alain, PEREZ-NlETO, Hernan.-Application des mesures de radioactivite naturelle a l'etude de la dynamique sedimentaire dans le delta de l'Orenoque ........555

PICARD Xavier.-La costa de Acantilados entre Puerto Cabello y Cabo Codera. Cordillera de la Costa de Venezuela........567

RABASSO-VIDAL Jose.-The Mitare Delta, a holocene highly constructive sequence, Northwestern Venezuela.......573

V. - Bordure occidentale de la region des Caraïbes (Mexique, golfe du Mexique et Amerique centrale).

HORNE Gregory, PUSHKAR Paul, SHAFIQuLLAH M. - Laramide plutons on the Landward continuation of the Bonacca ridge, Northern Honduras ....583

ROPER Paul.-Lithologic subdivisions of the Chuacus group and their structural significance in the Southwestern end of the Sierra de las Minas range, Guatemala .......589

TARDY Marc.-Les grands traits structuraux du secteur transverse de Parras; Sierra Madre Orientale, Mexique ­ Sa place dans le systeme caraibe ...........595

MARTIN Ray.-Gulf of Mexico geologic tectonic map ..................607

KRUSHENSKY Richard, SCHMOLL Henry, DOBROVOLNY Ernest. - The 1972 Mlnagua earthquake: Geologic constraints on planning for the reconstruction or relocation of Managua, Nicaragua .........609