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The Basal Complex Question in Jamaica

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 May 2009

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A Question of considerable importance in the geology of the Greater Antilles has lately re-arisen and concerns the following alternatives:— 1. Whether in Jamaica an old granitic and metamorphic pre-Mesozoic (possibly pre-Palaeozoic) basement exists and can be recognized in the present structure of the island. 2. Whether the granite, serpentine, marble, and other igneous and metamorphosed rocks of the island are the result of Cretaceous and Tertiary intrusion and metamorphism.

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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1936

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