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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Main Authors: J. Escuder-Viruete, Á. Suárez-Rodríguez, J. Gabites, A. Pérez-Estaún
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Copernicus Publications 2016-01-01
Series:Solid Earth
Online Access:http://www.solid-earth.net/7/11/2016/se-7-11-2016.pdf