The Imbert Formation of northern Hispaniola: a tectono-sedimentary record of arc–continent collision and ophiolite emplacement in the northern Caribbean subduction–accretionary prism
In northern Hispaniola, the Imbert Formation (Fm) has been interpreted as an orogenic “mélange” originally deposited as trench-fill sediments, an accretionary (subduction) complex formed above a SW-dipping subduction zone, or the sedimentary result of the early oblique collision of the Caribbean pla...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Copernicus Publications
2016-01-01
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Series: | Solid Earth |
Online Access: | http://www.solid-earth.net/7/11/2016/se-7-11-2016.pdf |