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Kinematic reconstruction of the Caribbean region since the Early Jurassic by Boschman, Lydian M., van Hinsbergen, Douwe J.J., Torsvik, Trond H., Spakman, Wim, Pindell, James L.

“…The Caribbean oceanic crust was formed west of the North and South American continents, probably from Late Jurassic through Early Cretaceous time. Its…”
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The Greater Antillean Arc: Early Cretaceous origin and proposed relationship to Central American subduction mélanges: implications for models of Caribbean evolution by Pindell, James, Maresch, Walter V., Martens, Uwe, Stanek, Klaus

“…We integrate known and suspected Meso-American plate motions with the geochronology of Caribbean arcs and Central American HP/LT belts to promote two primary…”
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Latest Cretaceous Collision/Accretion between the Caribbean Plate and Caribeana: Origin of Metamorphic Terranes in the Greater Antilles by García-Casco, Antonio, Iturralde-Vinent, Manuel A., Pindell, James

“…Metasedimentary complexes dispersed all along the northwestern branch of the Caribbean orogenic belt between Yucatan and the Virgin Islands provide evidence…”
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Vestiges of the proto-Caribbean seaway: Origin of the San Souci Volcanic Group, Trinidad by Neill, Iain, Kerr, Andrew C., Chamberlain, Kevin R., Schmitt, Axel K., Urbani, Franco, Hastie, Alan R., Pindell, James L., Barry, Tiffany L., Millar, Ian L.

“…Outcrops of volcanic–hypabyssal rocks in Trinidad document the opening of the proto-Caribbean seaway during Jurassic–Cretaceous break-up of the Americas. The…”
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Age and Petrogenesis of the Lower Cretaceous North Coast Schist of Tobago, a Fragment of the Proto–Greater Antilles Inter-American Arc System by Neill, Iain, Kerr, Andrew C., Hastie, Alan R., Pindell, James L., Millar, Ian L., Atkinson, Nicola

“…The North Coast Schist of Tobago is part of the leading edge of the Caribbean Plate, which has been in oblique collision with northern South America for much…”
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Dynamo-thermal subsidence and sag–salt section deposition as magma-rich rifted margins move off plume centres along incipient lines of break-up by Pindell, James, Heyn, Teunis

“…Magma-rich rifting generally occurs over mantle plumes or rising convection cells; magma-poor rifting does not. Plumes produce up to 2 km dynamic elevation,…”
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Dynamo-thermal subsidence and sag-salt section deposition as magma-rich rifted margins move off plume centres along incipient lines of breakup by Pindell, James, Heyn, Teunis

“…Magma-rich rifting generally occurs over mantle plumes/rising convection cells; magma-poor rifting does not. Plumes produce up to 2 km dynamic elevation,…”
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Late Cretaceous–Miocene depositional evolution of Chiapas, Mexico: A foreland controlled by collision of Greater Antilles arc and the subsequent relative migration of the Chortís Block by Pindell, James, Villagómez, Diego, Molina Garza, Roberto, Beltrán, Alejandro, Stockli, Daniel F., Wildman, Mark

“…[Display omitted] •Maastrichtian Antilles Arc–Yucatán collision sourced clastics to Chiapas Basin.•Paleogene plate boundary tectonism sourced continental…”
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Slab flattening and tractional coupling drove Neogene clockwise rotation of Chiapas Massif, Mexico: Paleomagnetism of the Eocene El Bosque Formation by Molina-Garza, Roberto S., Pindell, James, Montaño Cortés, Paola Catalina

“…Dual-polarity characteristic magnetizations in red sandstones of the Early and Middle Eocene El Bosque Formation in central Chiapas, Mexico (D = 9.3°…”
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Paleomagnetism, magnetostratigraphy, provenance, and tectonic setting of the Lower Cretaceous of nuclear southern Mexico by Sierra-Rojas, Maria Isabel, Molina-Garza, Roberto Stanley, Pindell, James, Rodríguez-Rodríguez, Rosario Adriana, Serrano-García, Daniel

“…We studied the sedimentology, provenance, and paleomagnetism of Lower Cretaceous strata in nuclear southern Mexico deposited in continental, marginal and…”
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Three-stage, 70 Myr exhumation of HP/LT rocks on Margarita, Venezuela: Caribbean intra-forearc shear, Grenada Basin rifting, and continental obduction by Maresch, Walter V., Pindell, James, Kluge, Rolf, Baumann, Albrecht, Villágomez Díaz, Diego, Brix, Manfred R., Thomson, Stuart N., Stanek, Klaus Peter, Schertl, Hans-Peter, Grafe, Friedemann

“…The La Rinconada Terrane comprises the core of Margarita Island, Venezuela; it is a composite unit composed of rocks of both continental and oceanic affinity…”
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The Albian–Turonian Island Arc Rocks of Tobago, West Indies: Geochemistry, Petrogenesis, and Caribbean Plate Tectonics by Neill, Iain, Kerr, Andrew C., Hastie, Alan R., Pindell, James L., Millar, Ian L.

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Neogene Sedimentation and Tectonics in the Cibao Basin and Northern Hispaniola: An Example of Basin Evolution Near A Strike‐Slip‐Dominated Plate Boundary by Erikson, Johan P., Pindell, James L., Karner, Garry D., Sonder, Leslie J., Fuller, Erik, Dent, Logan

“…Sedimentologic analyses, subsidence history interpretation, and a new gravity survey are synthesized to interpret basin evolution in a region of large…”
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U-Pb geochronology of detrital zircon crystals from Caratas and Los Arroyos formations, Northeastern Venezuela by Mariela Noguera, James Wright, Franco Urbani, James Pindell

“… LA-MC-ICPMS U-Pb geochronology in detrital zircons was performed in two Tertiary turbidite sequences from Northeastern Venezuela to contribute to the…”
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Pb geochronology of detrital zircon crystals from Caratas and Los Arroyos formations, Northeastern Venezuela by Noguera, Mariela I, Wright, James E, Urbani, Franco, Pindell, James L

“…LA-MC-ICPMS U-Pb geochronology in detrital zircons was performed in two Tertiary turbidite sequences from Northeastern Venezuela to contribute to the…”
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It's the slogan, stupid: don't expect a debate on issues by Pindell, James

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Love is a battlefield: the two parties just love different states by Pindell, James

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The electability dilemma by Pindell, James

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What if it's not about Iraq, stupid? by Pindell, James

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Ames: still weird, still important by Pindell, James

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