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Journal of Petroleum Geology

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Journal of Petroleum Geology, Vol.14, No.3, pp. 237-257, 1991

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GEOLOGIC RATIONALE FOR HYDROCARBON EXPLORATION IN THE CARIBBEAN AND ADJACENT REGIONS

J. L. Pindell*

* Dept. Earth Science. Dartmouth College. Hanover, NH 03755, USA.


Abstract

Sedimentary basins in the Caribbean and adjacent areas are assessed in terms of the plate-tectonic and paleogeographic history of the regions. Primary phases of development were rifting and passive margin development during Jurassic-Cretaceous drift of North from South America, and the Late Cretaceous to Recent relative eastwards migration of the Caribbean Plate from the eastern Pacific area to its present position between North and South America.

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