Tectonic Reorganization of the Caribbean Plate System in the Paleogene Driven by Farallon Slab Anchoring
Ethan M. Conrad,
Claudio Faccenna,
Adam F. Holt
et al.
Abstract:The tectonic configuration of the Caribbean plate is defined by inward‐dipping double subduction at its boundaries with the North American and Cocos plates. This geometry resulted from a Paleogene plate reorganization, which involved the abandonment of an older subduction system, the Great Arc of the Caribbean (GAC), and conversion into a transform margin during Lesser Antilles (LA) arc formation. Previous models suggest that a collision between the GAC and the Bahamas platform along the North American passive… Show more
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