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Honduras Geology (updated 7/17/2000)

Recent Publications:

Southern Mexico - 19 articles (12) abstracts (7)

Guatemala - 5 articles (4) abstracts (1)

Belize - 5 articles (1) abstracts (4)

El Salvador - 3 articles (3)

Honduras - 7 articles (5) abstracts (2)

Nicaragua - 22 articles (11) abstracts (11)

Costa Ric - 41 articles (19) abstracts (22)

Panama - 2 articles (1) abstracts (1)

Central America and Caribbean Region - 35 articles (29) abstracts (6)

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Southern Mexico

Articles, Book Chapters, Dissertations, Reports

Bohnel, Harald (Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico, UNICIT-Instituto de Geofisica, Queretaro, Mexico). Paleomagnetic study of Jurassic and Cretaceous rocks from the Mixteca Terrane (Mexico):in Earth sciences in Mexico; some recent perspectives (Lomnitz, Cinna, editor), Journal of South American Earth Sciences, 12(6), p. 545-556, illus. incl. 1 table, geol. sketch map, 40 ref., November 1999.

Buitron, Blanca Estela (Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico, Instituto de Geologia, Mexico City, Mexico) and Pantoja-Alor, Jerjes.Albian gastropods of the rudist-bearing Mal Paso Formation, Chumbitaro region, Guerrero, Mexico: in Memoria de Emil Bose (Buitron, Blanca Estela, editor), Revista Mexicana de Ciencias Geologicas, 15(1), p. 14-20, illus. incl. strat. col., geol. sketch map, 30 ref., 1998.

Cantu-Chapa, Abelardo (Instituto Politecnico Nacional, Escuela Superior de Ingenieria y Arquitectura, Mexico City, Mexico). Las transgresiones Jurasicas en Mexico [Jurassic transgressions in Mexico]: in Memoria de Emil Bose (Buitron, Blanca Estela, editor), Revista Mexicana de Ciencias Geologicas, 15(1), p. 25-37 (English sum.), illus. incl. sects., strat. cols., sketch maps, 27 ref., 1998.

Cantu-Chapa, Abelardo (Instituto Politecnico Nacional, Escuela Superior de Ingenieria y Arquitectura, Mexico City, Mexico). Presence de Macroscaphites, ammonite du Cretace inferieur de Oaxaca (sud du Mexique) [Presence of Macroscaphites, ammonite from the Lower Cretaceous of Oaxaca, southern Mexico]: in Memoria de Emil Bose (Buitron, Blanca Estela, editor), Revista Mexicana de Ciencias Geologicas, 15(1), p. 106-108 (Spanish sum.), illus., 12 ref., 1998.

Gonzalez Ramos, A. and Sanchez Ramirez, D.Geologia regional y yacimientos minerales de la Sierra de Juarez, Oaxaca [Regional geology and mineral deposits of the Sierra de Juarez, Oaxaca]:Boletin Tecnico Coremi, 6(33), p. 3, sketch map, December 1999.

Grajales-Nishimura, J. M. (Universidad nacional Autonoma de Mexico, Instituto de Geologia, Mexico, Mexico); Centeno-Garcia, E.; Keppie, J. D. and Dostal, J.Geochemistry of Paleozoic basalts from the Juchatengo Complex of southern Mexico; tectonic implications:in Earth sciences in Mexico; some recent perspectives (Lomnitz, Cinna, editor), Journal of South American Earth Sciences, 12(6), p. 537-544, illus. incl. 2 tables, geol. sketch map, 23 ref., November 1999.

Ferrusquia-Villafranca, Ismael (Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico, Instituto de Geologia, Mexico City, Mexico). Contribucion al conocimiento geologico de Oaxaca, Mexico; el area Laollaga-Lachiviza [Contribution to the knowledge of the geology of the Laollaga-Lachiviza area, Oaxaca, Mexico]: Boletin - Instituto de Geologia. Universidad National Autonoma de Mexico, 110, 103 p. 2 sheets (English, French sum.), illus. incl. sects., strat. cols., 2 tables; colored geologic map, 188 ref., 1999. Includes appendix.

Hernandez-Romano, Ulises (University of Reading, Postgraduate Research Institute for Sedimentology, Reading, United Kingdom); Aguilera-Franco, Noemi and Buriton, Blanca Estela. Late Cenomanian fossil association from Morelos, Mexico; stratigraphic implications: in Memoria de Emil Bose (Buitron, Blanca Estela, editor), Revista Mexicana de Ciencias Geologicas, 15(1), p. 46-56, illus. incl. 2 tables, strat. cols., sketch map, 30 ref., 1998.Foraminifera, algae

Martiny, B. (Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico, Instituto de Geologia, Mexico City, Mexico), Martinez-Serrano, Raymundo G., Moran-Zenteno, Dante J., Macias-Romo, Consuelo, Ayuso, Robert A., Stratigraphy, geochemistry and tectonic significance of the Oligocene magmatic rocks of western Oaxaca, southern MexicoFerrari, Luca (editor) (Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico, Instituto de Geologia, Mexico City, Mexico), Stock, Joann M. (editor), Urrutia Fucugauchi, Jaime (editor), The influence of plate interaction on post-Laramide magmatism and tectonics in Mexico, Tectonophysics , 318 (1-4 ), p. 71-98, illus. incl. 4 tables, geol. sketch maps , 86 refs, 2000.

Moran-Zenteno, Dante J. (Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico, Instituto de Geologia, Ciudad Universitaria, Mexico); Alba-Aldave, Leticia A.; Martinez-Serrano, Raymundo G.; Reyes-Salas, Margarita A.; Corona-Esquivel, Rodolfo and Angeles-Garcia, Sonia.Stratigraphy, geochemistry and tectonic significance of the Tertiary volcanic sequences of the Taxco-Quetzalapa region, southern Mexico: in Tectonic and magmatic evolution of Mexico during the Cenozoic (Aguirre-Diaz, Gerardo de Jesus, editor), Revista Mexicana de Ciencias Geologicas, 15(2), p. 167-180 (Spanish sum.), illus. incl. strat. cols., 4 tables, geol. sketch maps, 42 ref.,
1998.Meeting: Cenozoic Tectonics and Volcanism of Mexico, 1997, Pachuca, Mexico.

Perrilliat, Maria del Carmen (Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico, Instituto de Geologia, Coyoacan, Mexico), Vega, Francisco J., Corona, Rodolfo, Early Maastrichtian Mollusca from the Mexcala Formation of the state of Guerrero, southern Mexico, Journal of Paleontology, 74 (1 ), p. 7-24, illus. incl. strat. col., geol. sketch map , 116 refs, 2000.

Torres-Alvarado, Ignacio S. (Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico, Centro de Investigacion en Energia, Temixco, Mexico); Verma, Surendra P. and Carrasco-Nunez, Gerardo. Compilation of radiogenic isotope data in Mexico and their petrogenetic implications: in Isotopic windows on Earth and planetary processes (Mukunda, N., editor), Proceedings of the Indian Academy of Sciences: Earth and Planetary Sciences, 109(1), p. 67-78, illus. incl. 1 table, geol. sketch map, 96 ref., March 2000.

Abstracts

Bravo-Cuevas, Victor Manuel (UNAM, Instituto de Geologia, Coyoacan, Mexico) and Ferrusquia-Villafranca, Ismael. Los equidos mesomiocenicos del Estado de Oaxaca [Middle Miocene Equus in the Oaxaca State] [abstr.]: in Memoria del VI Congreso Nacional de Paleontologia (Perrilliat Montoya, Maria del Carmen, editor),Memoria del ... Congreso Nacional de Paleontologia. Resumenes, 6, p. 12, February 1998.Meeting: VI Congreso Nacional de Paleontologia, Feb. 11-13, 1998, Mexico City, Mexico.

Garibay-Romero, Luis Martin (Universidad Autonoma de Guerrero, Escuela Regional de Ciencias de la Tierra, Taxco Viejo, Mexico); Guerrero-Suastegui, Martin and de Leon, Rafael Torres.Trilobite Permico de la Formacion Olinala (Los Arcos), Estado de Guerrero [Permian Trilobite of the Olinala Formation, Los Arcos, Guerrero State] [abstr.]: in Memoria del VI Congreso Nacional de Paleontologia (Perrilliat Montoya, Maria del Carmen, editor), Memoria del ... Congreso Nacional de Paleontologia. Resumenes, 6, p. 23-24, February 1998.

Jimenez-Hidalgo, Eduardo (UNAM, Instituto de Geologia, Coyoacan, Mexico); Rueda-Gaxiola, Jaime and Jimenez-Renteria, Jorge.Nuevas huellas de dinosaurios en el Jurasico medio de la Mixteca Alta Oaxaquena [Middle Jurassic dinosaur tracks in the upper Mixteca of Oaxaca]: in Memoria del VI Congreso Nacional de Paleontologia (Perrilliat Montoya, Maria del Carmen, editor), Memoria del ... Congreso Nacional de Paleontologia. Resumenes, 6, p. 36-37, February 1998.

Jimenez-Hidalgo, Eduardo (UNAM, Instituto de Geologia, Coyoacan, Mexico) and Ferrusquia-Villafranca, Ismael.Las mastofaunas mesomiocenicas del Estado de Oaxaca [Middle Miocene mastofauna in the Oaxaca State] [abstr.]: in Memoria del VI Congreso Nacional de Paleontologia (Perrilliat Montoya, Maria del Carmen, editor), Memoria del ... Congreso Nacional de Paleontologia. Resumenes, 6, p. 34-35, February 1998.

Martinez-Serrano, Raymundo G. (Instituto de Geofisica, UNAM, Circuito Institutos, Ciudad Universitaria, 04510, D.F., Mexico, Mexico); Jimenez-Mendoza, Jose Luis; Macias-Romo, Consuelo; Martiny, Barbara and Flores-Marquez, E. Leticia.Magmatic activity in central and southeastern Oaxaca, Mexico and its relation with the Tertiary plate tectonic rearrangement [abstr.]: in European Union of Geosciences Conference Abstracts; EUG 10,Journal of Conference Abstracts, 4(1), p. 433, March 1999. (Terra Abstracts, Vol. 11).

Morales-Soto, Salvador (Universidad Autonoma de Guerrero, Escuela Regional de Ciencias de la Tierra, Taxco Viejo, Mexico) and Vidal-Serratos, Raul.Paleoecologia de la Formacion Morelos en el area Ixcateopan-Chilacachapa, Guerrero [Paleoecology of the Morelos Formation in the Ixcateopan-Chilacachapa, Guerrero] [abstr.]: in Memoria del VI Congreso Nacional de Paleontologia (Perrilliat Montoya, Maria del Carmen, editor), Memoria del ... Congreso Nacional de Paleontologia. Resumenes, 6, p. 43-44, February 1998.

Omana, Lourdes (UNAM, Instituto de Geologia, Coyoacan, Mexico) and Morales-Soto, Salvador.A benthic foraminiferal assemblage from the Lower Chilacachapa Formation, Guerrero, SW Mexico [abstr.]: in Memoria del VI Congreso Nacional de Paleontologia (Perrilliat Montoya, Maria del Carmen, editor), Memoria del ... Congreso Nacional de Paleontologia. Resumenes, 6, p. 44, February 1998.

Guatemala

Articles, Book Chapters, Dissertations, Reports

Debrabant, Pierre (CNRS, Universite Sciences et Technologies de Lille, Villeneuve-d'Ascq, France), Fourcade, Eric, Chamley, Herve, Rocchia, Robert, Robin, Eric, Bellier, Jean-Pierre, Gardin, Silvia, Thiebault, Francois, Les argiles de la transition Cretace-Tertiaire au Guatemala, temoins d'un impact d'asteroide; The imprint of the Chicxulub asteroid impact in clay minerals from the K/T boundary in Guatemala, Bulletin de la Societe Geologique de France, 170 (5 ), p. 643-660, illus. incl. strat. cols., 6 tables, sketch map , 54 refs, 1999.

Fourcade, Eric (Universite Pierre et Marie Curie et CNRS, Laboratoire de Stratigraphie, Paris, France); Piccioni, Luis; Escriba, Jose and Rosselo, Eduardo.Cretaceous stratigraphy and palaeoenvironments of the Southern Peten Basin, Guatemala: Cretaceous Research, 20(6), p. 793-811 (French sum.), illus. incl. 1 plate, strat. cols., geol. sketch maps, 53 ref., December 1999.

Graham, Alan. Studies in Neotropical paleobotany; XI, Late Tertiary vegetation and environments of southeastern Guatemala; palynofloras from the Mio-Pliocene Padre Miguel Group and the Pliocene Herreria Formation: American Journal of Botany, 85(10), p. 1409, October 1998.

Pardon, Daniel. Apres 500 ans d'oubli; Guatemala; le jade reverdit [After 500 years of oblivion;
Guatemala, the jade is revived]: Mineraux et Fossiles, le Guide du Collectionneur, 25(275), p. 5-12, illus., 1999.

Abstracts

Stinnesbeck, Wolfgang (Universidad Autonoma de Nuevo Leon, Facultad de Ciencias de la Tierra, Linares, Mexico) and Keller, Gerta. Brechas calcareas en Guatemala y en Cuba; relacion con el impacto del asteroide en Yucatan? [Calcareous breccias in Guatemala and Cuba; Are those related with the asteroid impact in Yucatan?] [abstr.]: in Memoria del VI Congreso Nacional de Paleontologia (Perrilliat Montoya, Maria del Carmen, editor), Memoria del ... Congreso Nacional de Paleontologia. Resumenes, 6, p. 72-73, February 1998.

Belize

Articles, Book Chapters, Dissertations, Reports

Gischler, Eberhard (Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universitaet, Geologisch-Palaeontologisches Institut, Frankfurt am Main, Federal Republic of Germany), Lomando, Anthony J., Hudson, J. Harold, Holmes, Charles W., Last interglacial reef growth beneath Belize barrier and isolated platform reefs, Geology (Boulder) , 28 (5 ), p. 387-390, 1 table, sketch maps , 37 refs, 2000.

Abstracts

Gischler, Eberhard and Lomando, Anthony J.Recent sedimentary facies of isolated carbonate platforms, Belize-Yucatan system, Central America [abstr.]: in Geowissenschaften in konomie und kologie - das System Erde; Programm und Zusammenfassungen der Tagungsbeitrage; Geo-Berlin '98 - Gemeinsame Jahrestagung Deutsche Geologische Gesellschaft, Deutsche Mineralogische Gesellschaft, Gesellschaft fur Geowissenschaften, Palaontologische Gesellschaft . aus Anla des 150-jahrigen Bestehens der Dt. Geolog. Ges (Schroeder, Johannes H.; et al.), Terra Nostra (Bonn), 98-3, p. P54, 1998.

Teal, C. S. (Wichita State University, Wichita, KS). Syndepositional dolomitization of shallow marine deposits, Cangrejo Shoals, northern Belize [abstr.]: in Transactions of the 1999 AAPG Midcontinent Section meeting (Merriam, Daniel F., editor), Open-File Report - Kansas Geological Survey, Rep. No. 99-28, p. 200, 1999.

Vera, F.J.V. (Instituto de Geologia, UNAM, Ciudad Universitaria, Coyocan, Mexico); Detre, Cs.H. and Bihari, G. Preliminary results of the K/T boundary spherule investigations in Albion Island, Belize:,in the collection Impact and Extraterrestrial Spherules: New Tools for Global Correlation (Detre, Cs. H.; Toth, I.; Detre, Cs. H.|Toth, I.). Geological Institute of Hungary, Budapest, Hungary, p. 95., 1998.

Wilhite, Brian W. (Wichita State University, Wichita, KS). Sedimentary architecture and diagenesis of modern carbonate sands in a low-energy shelf lagoon, northern Belize; modern analog to some ancient hydrocarbon reservoirs [abstr.] : in Transactions of the 1999 AAPG Midcontinent Section meeting (Merriam, Daniel F., editor), Open-File Report - Kansas Geological Survey, Rep. No. 99-28, p. 220, 1999.

El Salvador

Articles, Book Chapters, Dissertations, Reports

Dill, H. G. (Federal Institute for Geosciences and Natural Resources, Hanover, Federal Republic of Germany), Bosse, H. R., Mineralogical and chemical studies of volcanic-related argillaceous industrial minerals of the Central American Cordillera (western El Salvador), Economic Geology and the Bulletin of the Society of Economic Geologists, 95 (3 ), p. 517-538, illus. incl. sects., 6 tables, sketch map , 62 refs, 2000.

Rivas Martinez, E. (University of Auckland, Geothermal Institute, Auckland, New Zealand). Gas analysis as a tool for monitoring and assessing reservoir conditions: application to the Berlin geothermal field, El Salvador: in Proceedings of the 20th New Zealand Geothermal Workshop 1998 (Simmons, S. F., compiler; et al.),Proceedings of the New Zealand Geothermal Workshop, 20, p. 456, 1998.

Rodriguez, Jose Antonio (Geotermica Salvadorena, El Salvador). Power plant development at the Berlin geothermal field, El Salvador:Bulletin - Geothermal Resources Council, 29(1), p. 33-36, illus. incl. sect., sketch maps, 6 ref., February 2000.

Honduras

Articles, Book Chapters, Dissertations, Reports

Ave Lallemant, Hans G. (Rice University, Department of Geology and Geophysics, Houston, TX) and Gordon, Mark B.Deformation history of Roatan Island; implications for the origin of the Tela Basin (Honduras): in Caribbean basins (Mann, Paul, editor), Sedimentary Basins of the World, 4, p. 197-218, illus. incl. sects., 6 tables, geol. sketch maps, 80 ref., 1999.

Chalukian, Silvia C., Bentley, Jeffery W., Cultural landscapes in Honduras; the Mosquitia von Droste, Bernd (editor) (UNESCO, World Heritage Centre, Paris, France), Plachter, Harald (editor), Roessler, Mechtild (editor), Cultural landscapes of universal value; components of a global strategy, p. 202-209, 1 table, sketch map, 6 refs, 1995. ISBN: 3-334-61022-5.

Eventov, Leonid (Leonid Eventov & Associates, Northridge, CA, United States), Chilingar, George V., Petroleum potential of Nicaragua, Honduras greater than in Jamaica, World Oil, 220 (5 ), p. 81-84, strat. cols., sketch map , 8 refs, 1999.

Manton, W. I. (University of Texas at Dallas, Department of Geology, Dallas, TX) and Manton, R. S.The southern flank of the Tela Basin, Republic of Honduras: in Caribbean basins (Mann, Paul, editor), Sedimentary Basins of the World, 4, p. 219-236, illus. incl. strat. cols., 1 table, geol. sketch maps, 39 ref. 1999. Includes appendix.

Scott, Robert W. (Precision Stratigraphy Associates, Cleveland, OK) and Finch, R. C.Cretaceous carbonate biostratigraphy and environments in Honduras: in Caribbean basins (Mann, Paul, editor),Sedimentary Basins of the World, 4, p. 151-165, illus. incl. 2 tables, sketch maps, 69 ref., 1999.Foraminifera, Radiolaria

Abstract

Young, Robert S. (Dept. of Geosciences and NRM, Western Carolina University, Cullowhee, NC 28723, ryoung, wcu.edu, USA); Newberry, Robin and Mehrtens, Charlotte J.Hurricane mitch: can a devastating, category 5 hurricane benefit local coral reef ecosystems: an example from roatan, the bay islands, Honduras. [abstr.]:inGeological Society of America, 1999 annual meeting,Abstracts with Programs - Geological Society of America, 31(7), 1999.Meeting: Oct. 25-28, 1999, Denver, CO.

Meza, O. (Inst. Geogr. Nac. Honduras, Honduras), Historia y perspectivas de la red Geodesica en Honduras; History and perspectives of the geodetic network in Honduras, Topografia y Cartografia, 6 (35), p. 80-81, 1989.

Nicaragua

Articles, Book Chapters, Dissertations, Reports

Arengi, Joseph T. (Consulting Geologist, Toronto, ON, Canada) and Hodgson, Glen V.Overview of the geology and mineral industry of Nicaragua: International Geology Review, 42(1), p. 45-63, illus. incl. 3 tables, geol. sketch maps, 107 ref., January 2000.

Ehrenborg, Jan (Lulea University of Technology, Sweden). Geological map of western Nicaraguan Highland, Central America:Map and Chart Series (Geological Society of America), Rep. No. MCH084, 1 sheet, illus. incl. sects.; ?, 1:250,000, 8 ref., 1999.

Horrocks, Lisa (The Open Univerity, Milton Keyes, United Kingdom); Burton, Mike; Francis, Peter and Oppenheimer, Clive. Stable gas plume composition measured by OP-FTIR spectroscopy at Masaya Volcano, Nicaragua, 1998-1999: Geophysical Research Letters, 26 (23), p. 3497-3500, illus. incl. geol. sketch map, 12 ref., December 1, 1999.

Havlicek, Pavel (Cesky Geologicky Ustav, Prague, Czech Republic) and Smolikova, Libuse. Nevulkanicke kvarterni sedimenty v oblasti Masayi a Granady (Nikaragua) [Non volcanic Quaternary sediments in the vicinity of Masaya and Granada, Nicaragua]: Zpravy o Geologickych Vyzkumech v Roce, 1998, p. 99-101, strat. col., sects., 1 ref., 1999.

Kukkonen, Marjatta (Geological Survey of Finland, Espoo, Finland), Vaisanen, Ulpu, Rainio, Heikki, Murillo, Luis Balmaceda, Guillen, Fidel Guzman, Environmental hazards and their causes in two areas of Nicaragua with different agricultural production and geologyAutio, Sini (editor) (Geological Survey of Finland, Espoo, Finland), Geological Survey of Finland, current research 1997-1998, Special Paper - Geological Survey of Finland, 27 , p. 115-128, 1999. ISBN: 951-690-743-1.

Lincoln, Tim, The bulge of Casita, Nature (London) , 403 (6772 ), p. 846, illus. , 2000.

Mrazek, Johann.SO 107; Geowissenschaftliche Untersuchungen in Seegebieten vor Costa Rica und Nicaragua - Beitrage zum Verstandnis des aktiven ostpazifischen Kontinentalrandes: in Tagungsband zum Statusseminar 1999 Meeresforschung mit FS SONNE vom 10. bis 12. Marz 1999 in Freiberg (Tanner, Barbara), BEO, Bereich 52 Meeres- und Polarforsch., Rostock-Warnemunde, Federal Republic of Germany, p. 65-68, geol. sketch map, 1999.

Ranero, Cesar R. (GEOMAR Research Center, Kiel, Federal Republic of Germany), von Huene, Roland, Flueh, Ernst, Duarte, Manuel, Baca, Dania, McIntosh, Kirk, A cross section of the convergent Pacific margin of Nicaragua, Tectonics, 19 (2 ), p. 335-357, illus. incl. sects., 2 tables, sketch maps , 56 refs, 2000.

Sheridan, M. F. (State University of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY, United States), Bonnard, C. A., Carreno, R., Siebe, C., Strauch, W., Navarro, M., Calero, C., Trujilo, N. B., Report on the 30 October 1998 rock fall/avalanche and breakout flow of Casita Volcano, Nicaragua, triggered by Hurricane Mitch, Landslide News, 12 , p. 2-4, illus. incl. sketch map , 2 refs, 1999.

Spangenberg, Thoralf (Ernst-Moritz-Arndt-Univ. Greifswald, Inst. Geol. Wiss., D-17489 Greifswald, Federal Republic of Germany) and Mrazek, Johann.Erste Ergebnisse zum Stoffbestand und Gefuge sowie gravitativen Massenumlagerungsprozessen junger Lockersedimente am unteren Kontinentalhang, dem Mittelamerikanischen Graben und der Cocos-Platte vor Nicaragua [First results on material, texture and gravitative mass movements of young sediments at the lower Continental Slope, MAT and the Cocos Plate offside Nicaragua]:inSediment '97; Band I; 12. Sedimentologen-Treffen, Koln (Ricken, Werner; et al.), Zentralblatt fur Geologie un Palaontologie, Teil I: Allgemeine, Angewandte, Regionale und Historische Geologie, 1997(7-9), p. 907-916 (English sum.), illus., 6 ref., 1999.

van Wyk de Vries, Benjamin (Universite Blaise Pascal, Observatoire du Physique du Globe, Clermont-Ferrand, France), Kerle, Norman, Petley, Dave, Sector collapse forming at Casita Volcano, Nicaragua, Geology (Boulder) , 28 (2 ), p. 167-170, illus. incl. sketch maps , 24 refs, 2000.

Abstract

Bufler, R.; Puschmann, H. and Gomer, D.Evaluation of the water resources of the area Matagalpa-Jinotega/NW-Nicaragua [abstr.]: in 16. Geowissenschaftliches Lateinamerika-Kolloquium, 14. - 16. Oktober 1998, Bayreuth; Zusammenfassungen der Tagungsbeitrage (Ristedt, H., editor), Terra Nostra (Bonn), 98-5, p. 17-18, 1998.

Fluh, Ernst R.; Huene, Roland von; Ranero, Cesar and Walther, Christian.Geophysikalische Untersuchungen des pazifischen Kontinentalrandes vor Costa Rica und Nicaragua [abstr.]: in Tagungsband zum Statusseminar 1999 Meeresforschung mit FS SONNE vom 10. bis 12. Marz 1999 in Freiberg (Tanner, Barbara), BEO, Bereich 52 Meeres- und Polarforsch., Rostock-Warnemunde, Federal Republic of Germany, p. 63-64, sketch map, 1999.
Flueh, Ernst R.; Stavenhagen, Alexander; Walther, Christian; Huene, Roland von and Ranero, Cesar. Krustenstruktur in Costa Rica und Nicaragua aus seismischen Untersuchungen [abstr.]:in16. Geowissenschaftliches Lateinamerika-Kolloquium, 14. - 16. Oktober 1998, Bayreuth Zusammenfassungen der Tagungsbeitrage (Ristedt, H., editor), Terra Nostra (Bonn), 98-5, p. 38 1998.

Havlicek, Pavel (Cesky Geologicky Ustav, Prague, Czech Republic) and Smolikova, Libuse. Problematika vulkanogennich edaphoidu v Nikaragui [Problematics of volcanogenic edaphoids in Nicaragua]: Zpravy o Geologickych Vyzkumech v Roce, 1998, p. 98, 3 ref., 1999.

Krason, Jan (Geoexplorers International Inc., Denver, CO). Nicaragua: Mining Annual Review, 1999, p. 130-131, 1999.

Ranero, C. R.; Huene, R. von; Flueh, E.; Duarte, m. and Baca, Dania.Structure of the continental convergent Pacific margin of Nicaragua [abstr.]: in 16. Geowissenschaftliches Lateinamerika-Kolloquium, 14. - 16. Oktober 1998, Bayreuth; Zusammenfassungen der Tagungsbeitrage (Ristedt, H., editor), Terra Nostra (Bonn), 98-5, p. 128, 1998.

Smolikova, Libuse (Univerzity Karlovy, Prirodovedecka Fakulta, Prague, Czech Republic) and Havlicek, Pavel. Subfosilni a fosilni pudy v oblasti Masayi a Granady (Nikaragua) [Subfossil and fossil soils in the vicinity of Masaya and Granada, Nicaragua]: Zpravy o Geologickych Vyzkumech v Roce, 1998, p. 105-106, 1 ref., 1999.

Spangenberg, Thoralf.Gravitative Massenumlagerungen am Kontinentalabhang von Nicaragua - Beitrage zur raumlichen und zeitlichen Rekonstruktion und erdbebenerzeugten Rutschungen und induzierte Tsunamis [abstr.]: in 16. Geowissenschaftliches Lateinamerika-Kolloquium, 14. - 16. Oktober 1998, Bayreuth; Zusammenfassungen der Tagungsbeitrage (Ristedt, H., editor), Terra Nostra (Bonn), 98-5, p. 158-159, 1998.

Spangenberg, Thoralf; Haedicke, Dirk and Mrazek, Johann.Darstellung und Interpretation von sedimentologischen und sedimentphysikalischen Parametern am Kolbenlotkern 34 KL - Unterer Kontinentalhang von Nicaragua (PACOMAR 3 - SO 107) [abstr.]: in 16. Geowissenschaftliches Lateinamerika-Kolloquium, 14. - 16. Oktober 1998, Bayreuth; Zusammenfassungen der Tagungsbeitrage (Ristedt, H., editor), Terra Nostra (Bonn), 98-5, p. 160, 1998.

Spangenberg, Thoralf; Bauerhorst, Hagen and Mrazek, Johann.Erdbebenauswirkungen auf die Lagerungsverhaltnisse am unteren Kontinentalhang vor Nicaragua (PACOMAR 3 - SO 107) [abstr.]: in 16. Geowissenschaftliches Lateinamerika-Kolloquium, 14. - 16. Oktober 1998, Bayreuth; Zusammenfassungen der Tagungsbeitrage (Ristedt, H., editor), Terra Nostra (Bonn), 98-5, p. 159-160, 1998.

Walther, Christian and Flueh, Ernst R.SONNE-Fahrt SO 107 - Ergebnisse geophysikalischer Messungen an der Pazifikkuste von Nicaragua [abstr.]: in 16. Geowissenschaftliches Lateinamerika-Kolloquium, 14. - 16. Oktober 1998, Bayreuth; Zusammenfassungen der Tagungsbeitrage (Ristedt, H., editor), Terra Nostra (Bonn), 98-5, p. 171-172, 1998.

Walther, C. H. E. (GEOMAR Research Center for Marine Geosciences, Kiel, Federal Republic of Germany), Flueh, E. R., Ranero, C. R., von Huene, R., Strauch, W., Crustal structure across the Pacific margin of Nicaragua; evidence for ophiolitic basement and a shallow mantle sliver, Geophysical Journal International, 141 (3 ), p. 759-777, illus. incl. 1 table, sects., geol. sketch maps , 64 refs, 2000.

Costa Rica

Articles, Book Chapters, Dissertations, Reports

Alvarado, Guillermo E. (Inst. Costarricense Electricidad, Dept. Ing. Geol., San Jose, Costa Rica) and Denyer, Percy.Implications for the Caribbean region of the high-Mg volcanic rocks in the Costa Rican ophiolitic complexes; the case of the Tortual komatiitic-like suite: in 15. Symposium on Latin-American Geosciences, Hamburg 1996 (Reuther, C. D.; et al.), Zentralblatt fur Geologie und Palaontologie, Teil I: Allgemeine, Angewandte, Regionale und Historische Geologie, 1997(3-6), p. 409-429, 19 anals., 2 tables, geol. sketch maps, 5 p. ref., 1998.

Beccaluva, Luigi (Istituto di Mineralogia, Ferrara, Italy), Chinchilla-Chaves, Ana Leyla, Coltorti, Massimo, Giunta, Giuseppe, Sienna, Franca, Vaccaro, Carmela, Petrological and structural significance of the Santa Elena-Nicoya ophiolitic complex in Costa Rica and geodynamic implications, European Journal of Mineralogy, 11 (6 ), p. 1091-1107, illus. incl. 1 table, geol. sketch maps , 45 refs, 1999.

Calvo, Julio C. (Instituto Tecnologico de Costa Rica, Departamento de Ingenieria, Cartago, Costa Rica). Suspended sediment yield prediction models for Costa Rican watersheds:inHydrology in the humid tropic environment (la hidrologia en el medio Tropical Humedo) (Johnson, A. Ivan, editor; et al.),IAHS-AISH Publication, 253, p. 27-32 (Spanish sum.), 3 tables, sketch map, 3 ref., 1998.

Fetscher, Martin (Institut Fur Geologie Und Palaontologie, Tubingen, Federal Republic of Germany) and Moritz, Erik.Strukturelle und petrologische Entwicklung des Terraba-Forearcs im zentralen Bereich des flach subduzierten Cocos-Ruckens, Sud-Costa Rica; Interpretation von LWD-Daten mit Hilfe von kunstlichen neuronalen Netzen und genetischen Algorithmen; (unter Anwendung auf Daten des ODP Leg 170, Costa Rica Convergent Margin) [Structural and petrological development of Terraba forearcs in the central district of shallow subduction Cocos-Ridge, southern Costa Rica; interpretation of LWD-data with the help of artificial neural network and genetic algorithms; from data of ODP 170, Costa Rica convergent margin]:Tubinger Geowissenschaftliche Arbeiten. Reihe A, Geologie, Palaontologie, Stratigraphie, 44, 188 p. (English sum.), illus. incl. sects., geol. sketch maps, 1998.

Graham, Alan and Dilcher, David L.Studies in Neotropical paleobotany; XII, A palynoflora from the Pliocene Rio Banano Formation of Costa Rica and the Neogene vegetation of Mesoamerica: American Journal of Botany, 85(10), p. 1426, October 1998.

Haberyan, Kurt A. (Northwest Missouri State University, of Biology, Maryville, MO, United States), Horn, Sally P., A 10,000 year diatom record from a glacial lake in Costa Rica, Mountain Research and Development, 19 (1), p. 63-68, illus. incl. 1 table, geol. sketch map, 31 refs, 1999.

Ibaraki, Masako (Shizuoka University, Department of Biology and Geosciences, Shizuoka, Japan). Pliocene-Pleistocene planktonic foraminifera from the ODP Leg 170 Hole 1039B in the Middle American Trench off Costa Rica: Reports of Faculty of Science, Shizuoka University, 34, p. 37-58, illus. incl. 1 table, sketch map, 6 ref., 2000.

Ibaraki, Masako (Shizuoka University, Department of Biology and Geosciences, Shizuoka, Japan), Planktonic Foraminifera from the Site 1043, ODP Leg 170 off the Pacific Coast of Costa Rica, Reports of Faculty of Science, Shizuoka University, 33, p. 71-81, illus. incl. sects., 1 table, sketch map, 8 refs, 1999.

Korich, Dietmar and Eidam, Jurgen.Basalte und Tuffe vom Cocos- und Fisher-Rucken sowie von Seamounts vor der pazifischen Kuste von Costa Rica; Teil II; Zur Geochemie der Vulkanite: in Tagungsband zum Statusseminar 1999 Meeresforschung mit FS SONNE vom 10. bis 12. Marz 1999 in Freiberg (Tanner, Barbara), BEO, Bereich 52 Meeres- und Polarforsch., Rostock-Warnemunde, Federal Republic of Germany, p. 171-174, 1 table, 3 ref., 1999.

Lundgren, P. (Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena CA); Protti, M.; Donnellan, A.; Heflin, M.; Hernandez, E. and Jefferson, D. Seismic cycle and plate margin deformation in Costa Rica; GPS observations from 1994 to 1997: J ournal of Geophysical Research, B, Solid Earth and Planets, 104(12), p. 28,915-28,926, illus. incl. 2 tables, geol. sketch map, 38 ref., December 10, 1999.

Marshall, Jeffrey S. (Pennsylvania State University, Department of Geosciences, University Park, PA); Fisher, Donald M. and Gardner, Thomas W.Central Costa Rica deformed belt; kinematics of diffuse faulting across the western Panama Block: Tectonics, 19(3), p. 468-492, illus. incl. 3 tables, geol. sketch maps, 92 ref., June 2000.

Meschede, Martin (University of Tuebingen, Institute of Geology, Tuebingen, Federal Republic of Germany); Zweigel, Peter; Frisch, Wolfgang and Volker, David.Melange formation by subduction erosion; the case of the Osa melange in southern Costa Rica: Terra Nova. The European Journal of Geosciences, 11(4), p. 141-148, illus. incl. sects., geol. sketch maps, 48 ref., August 1999.

Stavenhagen, A. U. (GEOMAR Res. Center Marine Geosci., D24148 Kiel, Federal Republic of Germany); Flueh, E. R.; Ranero, C.; McIntosh, K. D.; Shipley, T.; Leandro, G.; Schulze, A. and Danobeitia, J. J.Seismic wide-angle investigations in Costa Rica - a crustal velocity model from the Pacific to the Caribbean coast:in15. Symposium on Latin-American Geosciences, Hamburg 1996 (Reuther, C. D.; et al.), Zentralblatt fur Geologie und Palaontologie, Teil I: Allgemeine, Angewandte, Regionale und Historische Geologie, 1997(3-6), p. 393-408 (German sum.), 1 table, sects., geol. sketch map, 3 p. ref., 1998.

Vannucchi, Paola (Universita di Modena, Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra, Modena, Italy). Tecniche di esplorazione oceanografica; ODP Leg 170 "il complesso di accrezione della Costa Rica" [Oceanographic exploration techniques; ODP Leg 170; the accretionary complex in Costa Rica]:Atti e Memorie - Academia Nazionale di Scienze Lettere e Arti di Modena, 14, p. 169-179, sect., strat. cols., sketch map, 5 ref., 1998.

Werner, Reinhard (GEOMAR, Kiel, Federal Republic of Germany), Hoernle, Kaj, van den Bogaard, Paul, Ranero, Cesar, von Huene, Roland, Korich, Dietmar, Drowned 14-m.y.-old Galapagos Archipelago off the coast of Costa Rica; implications for tectonic and evolutionary models, Geology (Boulder), 27 (6), p. 499-502, illus. incl. 1 table, sketch map, 1999. With GSA Data Repository Item 9943.

Abstracts

Abratis, Michael and Worner, Gerhard.Geochemical evidence for a slab window beneath SE Costa Rica [abstr.]: in Geowissenschaften in Okonomie und Okologie - das System Erde; Programm und Zusammenfassungen der Tagungsbeitrage; Geo-Berlin '98 - Gemeinsame Jahrestagung Deutsche Geologische Gesellschaft, Deutsche Mineralogische Gesellschaft, Gesellschaft fur Geowissenschaften, Palaontologische Gesellschaft aus Anlass des 150-jahrigen Bestehens der Dt. Geolog. Ges (Schroeder, Johannes H., editor; et al.), Terra Nostra (Bonn), 98-3, p. V1-V2, 5 ref., 1998.

Abratis, Michael and Worner, Gerhard.Slab window formation and its geochemical consequences demonstrated in Costa Rica [abstr.]: in 16. Geowissenschaftliches Lateinamerika-Kolloquium, 14. - 16. Oktober 1998, Bayreuth; Zusammenfassungen der Tagungsbeitrage (Ristedt, H., editor), Terra Nostra (Bonn), 98-5, p. 1-2, block diag., 1998.

Barckhausen, Udo; Meschede, Martin and Worm, Horst-Ulrich.A new understanding of the plate tectonic evolution of the Cocos Plate; results from a multidisciplinary study in the Eastern Panama Basin of Costa Rica [abstr.]: in 16. Geowissenschaftliches Lateinamerika-Kolloquium, 14. - 16. Oktober 1998, Bayreuth; Zusammenfassungen der Tagungsbeitrage (Ristedt, H., editor), Terra Nostra (Bonn), 98-5, p. 8-9, 1998.

Barckhausen, Udo; Ranero, Cesar R.; Meschede, Martin and von Huene, Roland.Mapping the trace of the triple junction of the East Pacific Rise and Cocos-Nazca Spreading Center off Costa Rica [abstr.]: in 16. Geowissenschaftliches Lateinamerika-Kolloquium, 14. - 16. Oktober 1998, Bayreuth; Zusammenfassungen der Tagungsbeitrage (Ristedt, H., editor), Terra Nostra (Bonn), 98-5, p. 9, 1998.

Blanc, Gerard (Universite Bordeaux I, Talence, France); Audry, Stephane; Anschutz, Pierre; France-Lanord, Christian and Kastner, Myriam.Fluid origin and carbonate diagenesis at the Costa Rica convergent margin [abstr.]: in European Union of Geosciences Conference Abstracts; EUG 10,Journal of Conference Abstracts, 4(1), p. 242-243, March 1999. (Terra Abstracts, Vol. 11).

Denyer, Percy; Alvarado, Guillermo E. and Aguilar, Teresita.Miocene to Quaternary volcano-stratigraphic, structural and paleontological record from the Central Pacific (Orotina-Caldera) area of Costa Rica [abstr.]: in 16. Geowissenschaftliches Lateinamerika-Kolloquium, 14. - 16. Oktober 1998, Bayreuth; Zusammenfassungen der Tagungsbeitrage (Ristedt, H., editor), Terra Nostra (Bonn), 98-5, p. 27-28, 1998.

Dominguez, Tonatiuh (CUICA, Universidad de Colima, Mexico) and Zobin, Vyacheslav. Seismic modeling of explosion earthquakes of Mt. Arenal volcano, Costa Rica: Annales Geophysicae (1988), 16, SUPPL. 4, p. C1138, 1998.

Gardner, T. (W., MARSHALL, J.); Merritts, D.; Bee, B.; Burgette, R., ABS'AUTH'3'SF; Burton, E.; Cooke, J.; Kehrwald, N. and Protti, M.Holocene, inner forearc deformation in response to seamount subduction, peninsula de nicoya, Pacific Coast, Costa Rica [abstr.]:in Geological Society of America, 1999 annual meeting, Abstracts with Programs - Geological Society of America, 31(7), 1999.Meeting: Oct. 25-28, 1999, Denver, CO.

Guendel, Federico (Universidad Nacional de Costa Rica, San Jose, Costa Rica) and Quintero, Ronnie.Seismotectonics of Central America; a study of earthquake focal mechanisms [abstr.]: in 23rd general assembly of the European Geophysical Society; Part 1, Society symposia, solid Earth, geophysics and geodesy, Annales Geophysicae (1988), 16, SUPPL.1, p. 101, 1998.Meeting: April 20-24, 1998, Nice, France.

Hauschild, J.; Gindler, T.; Bonnemann, C.; Berhorst, A.; Ristow, D. and Hinz, K.Verbessertes dreidimensionales seismisches Imaging eines keilformigen Kristallinkomplexes am aktiven Kontinentalrand vor Costa Rica [Improved three-dimensional seismic imaging of a wedge-shaped crystalline complex at the active continental margin before Costa Rica] [abstr.]: in 59. Jahrestagung der Deutschen Geophysikalischen Gesellschaft; Braunschweig, 8. bis 12. Marz 1999, DGG, Potsdam, Federal Republic of Germany, p. 157, 1999.

Quintero, Ronnie (Universidad Nacional de Costa Rica, Observatorio Vulcanologico y Sismologico, San Jose, Costa Rica).1D velocity model estimation in Costa Rica, Central America [abstr.]: in 23rd general assembly of the European Geophysical Society; Part 1, Society symposia, solid Earth, geophysics and geodesy,Annales Geophysicae (1988), 16, SUPPL.1, p. 102, 1998.Meeting: April 20-24, 1998, Nice, France.

Mende, Andreas; Seyfried, Hartmut and Krawinkel, Hannelore.Sedimente und Architektur im Retroarc des sudlichen Mittelamerika [abstr.]: in 16. Geowissenschaftliches Lateinamerika-Kolloquium, 14. - 16. Oktober 1998, Bayreuth; Zusammenfassungen der Tagungsbeitrage (Ristedt, H., editor), Terra Nostra (Bonn), 98-5, p. 108-109, 1998.

Meschede, Martin and Zweigel, Peter. Subsidence and extension at a convergent plate margin; evidence for tectonic erosion off Costa Rica [abstr.]: in1 6. Geowissenschaftliches Lateinamerika-Kolloquium, 14. - 16. Oktober 1998, Bayreuth; Zusammenfassungen der Tagungsbeitrage (Ristedt, H., editor), Terra Nostra (Bonn), 98-5, p. 111, 1998.

Pons, Jose Maria and Schmidt-Effing, Reinhard. Upper Cretaceous rudists from Guanacaste province, Costa Rica, Central America [abstr.]: in 16. Geowissenschaftliches Lateinamerika-Kolloquium, 14. - 16. Oktober 1998, Bayreuth; Zusammenfassungen der Tagungsbeitrage (Ristedt, H., editor), Terra Nostra (Bonn), 98-5, p. 124- 125, 1998.

Sak, P. B. (SAK, P.B., BRANTLEY, S.L., FISHER, D.M., WISE, J. Dept of Geosciences, Penn State University, Univeristy Park, PA 16802, psak, geosc.psu.edu; GARDNER, T.W., Dept. of Geosciences, Trinity University, San Antonio, TX 78212., USA); Brantley, S. L.; Fisher, D. M.; Wise, J., ABS'AUTH'3'SF and Gardner, T. W.Weathering rinds as a calibrated dating technique in a tectonically active tropical setting, Costa Rica [abstr.]:inGeological Society of America, 1999 annual meeting,Abstracts with Programs - Geological Society of America, 31(7), 1999.Meeting: Oct. 25-28, 1999, Denver, CO.

Sauer, M.; Mands, E. and Knoblich, K.Massenbewegungen in zersetzten Vulkaniten am Beispiel der Grossrutschungen von Santiago de Puriscal and San Blas, Costa Rica [abstr.]:inOld crust-new problems; geodynamics and utilization; abstracts and programme; includes the final international colloquium of the DFG priority programme "Orogenic processes - quantification and modeling in the Variscan Belt" (Dietrich, Peter G., editor; et al.),Terra Nostra (Bonn), 99-1, p. 172-173, 3 ref., 1999.

Schwartz, S. Y. (University of California, Earth Sciences, Santa Cruz, CA); Schapiro, R.; Sampson, D.; Hage M. T.; Garces, M. A.; Protti, M.; van der Laat, R.; Hernandez, E.; Dixon, T. H. and Norabuena, E.Integrated seismic, acoustic, and ground deformation studies at arenal volcano, Costa Rica [abstr.]: in SSA-99 94th annual meeting; meeting abstracts (Malone, Steve, chairperson), Seismological Research Letters, 70(2), p. 224, April 1999.

Vidal, Arwen (Department of Geological Sciences, California State University, Northridge, 18111 Nordhoff St., Northridge, CA, 91330-8266, arwen.e.vidal, csun.edu; MELSON, W.G., NHB 119 Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC 20560., USA) and Melson, W. G.Seasonal rainfall variations of pyroclastic activity: a case study of Arenal volcano, 1993 to 1999 [abstr.]:inGeological Society of America, 1999 annual meeting,Abstracts with Programs - Geological Society of America, 31(7), 1999.

Vogel, Thomas A. (HANNAH, Rachel S., Department of Geological Sciences, Michigan State University, East Lansing MI 48824-1115, hannahra, pilot.msu.edu, USA); Patino, Lina C. and Alvarado, Guillermo E.Geochemical variation in cerro chopo cinder cone, Costa Rica: primary magma and source indicators [abstr.]: in Geological Society of America, 1999 annual meeting, Abstracts with Programs - Geological Society of America, 31(7), 1999.

Werner, Reinhard; Hoernle, Kaj; van den Boggard, Paul; Hauff, Folkmar; Korich, Dietmar; Ranero, Cesar; van Huene, Roland; Garbe Schonberg, Dieter; Morgan, Jason Phipps and Mrazek, Johann.Der Cocosrucken und Seamounts vor der Pazifikkuste Costa Ricas; Einblicke in die geodynamische Entwicklung des Galapagosarchipels und Hotspots [abstr.]: in Tagungsband zum Statusseminar 1999 Meeresforschung mit FS SONNE vom 10. bis 12. Marz 1999 in Freiberg (Tanner, Barbara), BEO, Bereich 52 Meeres- und Polarforsch., Rostock-Warnemunde, Federal Republic of Germany, p. 121, 1999.

Werner, Reinhard; Hoernle, Kaj; Bogaard, Paul van den; Hauff, Folkmar; Korich, Dietmar and Mrazek, Johann.Cocos Ridge and adjacent seamounts off the coast of Costa Rica; insight into the geodynamic evolution of the Galapagos plume [abstr.]: in 16. Geowissenschaftliches Lateinamerika-Kolloquium, 14. - 16. Oktober 1998, Bayreuth; Zusammenfassungen der Tagungsbeitrage (Ristedt, H., editor), Terra Nostra (Bonn), 98-5, p. 173-174, 2 ref., 1998.

Zuleger, Evelyn (GEOMAR Kiel, D-24148 Kiel, Federal Republic of Germany). Porenwasseruntersuchungen am Akkretionskeil vor Costa Rica, ODP Leg 170 [abstr.]: Berichte der Deutschen Mineralogischen Gesellschaft, 1998(1), p. 335, illus., 5 ref., 1998.

Panama

Articles, Book Chapters, Dissertations, Reports

Behling, Hermann (Center for Tropical Marine Ecology, Bremen, Federal Republic of Germany). A 2860-year high-resolution pollen and charcoal record from the Cordillera de Talamanca in Panama; a history of human and volcanic forest disturbance: The Holocene, 10(3), p. 387-393, illus. incl. 2 tables, strat. col., sketch map, 35 ref., 2000.

Abstracts

Krawinkel, Hannelore; Wozazek, Stefan; Krawinkel, Justus and Hellmann, Wiebke. Heavy-mineral analysis and clinopyroxene geochemistry of lithic sandstones - constraints for the tectono-sedimentary evolution of the western Panamanian forearc [abstr.]: in 16. Geowissenschaftliches Lateinamerika-Kolloquium, 14. - 16. Oktober 1998, Bayreuth; Zusammenfassungen der Tagungsbeitrage (Ristedt, H., editor), Terra Nostra (Bonn), 98-5, p. 94-95, 1998.

Central America and Caribbean Regions

Articles, Book Chapters, Dissertations, Reports

Anonymous, Honduras-Nicaragua border dispute, Oil and Gas Journal, 98 (18 ), p. 37-38, 40, chart, sketch map , 2000.

Borne, Pamela F. (Louisiana State University, Louisiana Sea Grant College Program, Baton Rouge, LA, United States), Cronin, Thomas M., Hazel, Joseph E., Neogene-Quaternary Ostracoda and paleoenvironments of the Limon Basin, Costa Rica, and Bocas del Toro Basin, Panama Collins, Laurel S. (editor) (Florida International University, Department of Earth Sciences, Miami, FL, United States), Coates, Anthony G. (editor), A paleobiotic survey of Caribbean faunas from the Neogene of the Isthmus of Panama, Bulletins of American Paleontology , 357 , p. 231-250, illus. incl. 4 plates, 3 tables , 47 refs, 1999.

Budd, Ann F. (University of Iowa, Department of Geoscience, Iowa City, IA, United States), Johnson, Kenneth G., Stemann, Thomas A., Tompkins, Bridget H., Pliocene to Pleistocene reef coral assemblages in the Limon Group of Costa Rica Collins, Laurel S. (editor) (Florida International University, Department of Earth Sciences, Miami, FL, United States), Coates, Anthony G. (editor), A paleobiotic survey of Caribbean faunas from the Neogene of the Isthmus of Panama, Bulletins of American Paleontology , 357 , p. 119-158, illus. incl. 7 tables, sketch map , 41 refs, 1999. Includes appendix .

Bybell, Laurel M. (U. S. Geological Survey, Reston, VA, United States), Neogene calcareous nannofossil biostratigraphy of the Caribbean coast of Panama and Costa RicaCollins, Laurel S. (editor) (Florida International University, Department of Earth Sciences, Miami, FL, United States), Coates, Anthony G. (editor), A paleobiotic survey of Caribbean faunas from the Neogene of the Isthmus of Panama, Bulletins of American Paleontology , 357 , p. 41-59, illus. incl. 3 tables, sketch maps , 19 refs, 1999. Includes appendix .

Cairns, Stephen D. (Smithsonian Institution, Department of Invertebrate Zoology, Washington, DC, United States), Stratigraphic distribution of Neogene Caribbean azooxanthellate corals (Scleractinia and Stylasteridae) Collins, Laurel S. (editor) (Florida International University, Department of Earth Sciences, Miami, FL, United States), Coates, Anthony G. (editor), A paleobiotic survey of Caribbean faunas from the Neogene of the Isthmus of Panama, Bulletins of American Paleontology , 357 , p. 109-118, illus. incl. 6 tables , 18 refs, 1999.

Chan, L. H. (Louisiana State University, Department of Geology and Geophysics, Baton Rouge, LA, United States), Leeman, W. P., You, C. F., Lithium isotopic composition of Central American volcanic arc lavas; implications for modification of subarc mantle by slab-derived fluidsDraper, David S. (editor) (NASA, Johnson Space Center, Houston, TX, United States), Brandon, Alan D. (editor), Becker, Harry (editor), Interactions between slab and sub-arc dehydration, melting and element transport in subduction zones, Geology, 160 (4), p. 255-280, illus. incl. 5 tables, sketch map, 75 refs, 1999.

Cheetham, Alan H. (Smithsonian Institution, Department of Paleobiology, Washington, DC, United States), Jackson, Jeremy B. C., Sanner, JoAnn, Ventocilla, Yira, Neogene cheilostome Bryozoa of tropical America; comparison and contrast between the Central American isthmus (Panama, Costa Rica) and the north-central Caribbean (Dominican Republic) Collins, Laurel S. (editor) (Florida International University, Department of Earth Sciences, Miami, FL, United States), Coates, Anthony G. (editor), A paleobiotic survey of Caribbean faunas from the Neogene of the Isthmus of Panama, Bulletins of American Paleontology , 357 , p. 159-192, illus. incl. 5 tables, sketch map , 36 refs, 1999. Includes appendix .

Coates, Anthony G. (Smithsonian Institution, Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Washington, DC, United States), Lithostratigraphy of the Neogene strata of the Caribbean coast from Limon, Costa Rica, to Colon, Panama Collins, Laurel S. (editor) (Florida International University, Department of Earth Sciences, Miami, FL, United States), Coates, Anthony G. (editor), A paleobiotic survey of Caribbean faunas from the Neogene of the Isthmus of Panama, Bulletins of American Paleontology , 357 , p. 17-40, illus. incl. sects., geol. sketch map , 46 refs, 1999.

Collins, Laurel S. (editor) (Florida International University, Department of Earth Sciences, Miami, FL, United States), Coates, Anthony G. (editor), A paleobiotic survey of Caribbean faunas from the Neogene of the Isthmus of Panama, Bulletins of American Paleontology , 357 , p. 351, illus. , 1999. Panama Paleontology Project; individual chapters are cited separately; includes appendices.

Collins, Laurel S. (Florida International University, Department of Earth Sciences, Miami, FL, United States), Coates, Anthony G., A paleobiotic survey of Caribbean faunas from the Neogene of the Isthmus of Panama; introduction Collins, Laurel S. (editor) (Florida International University, Department of Earth Sciences, Miami, FL, United States), Coates, Anthony G. (editor), A paleobiotic survey of Caribbean faunas from the Neogene of the Isthmus of Panama, Bulletins of American Paleontology, 357 , p. 5-13, illus. incl. 3 tables , 6 refs, 1999.

Collins, Laurel S. (Florida International University, Department of Earth Sciences, Miami, FL, United States), The Miocene to Recent diversity of Caribbean benthic Foraminifera from the Central American isthmus Collins, Laurel S. (editor) (Florida International University, Department of Earth Sciences, Miami, FL, United States), Coates, Anthony G. (editor), A paleobiotic survey of Caribbean faunas from the Neogene of the Isthmus of Panama, Bulletins of American Paleontology, 357 , p. 91-107, illus. incl. 6 tables, sketch map , 24 refs, 1999.

Collins, Laurel S. (Florida International University, Department of Earth Sciences, Miami, FL, United States), Aguilera, Orangel, Borne, Pamela F., Cairns, Stephen D., A paleoenvironmental analysis of the Neogene of Caribbean Panama and Costa Rica using several phylaCollins, Laurel S. (editor) (Florida International University, Department of Earth Sciences, Miami, FL, United States), Coates, Anthony G. (editor), A paleobiotic survey of Caribbean faunas from the Neogene of the Isthmus of Panama, Bulletins of American Paleontology , 357 , p. 81-87, illus. incl. 1 table , 13 refs, 1999.

Cotton, Mathew A. (Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago, IL, United States), Neogene planktic foraminiferal biochronology of the southern Central American isthmus Collins, Laurel S. (editor) (Florida International University, Department of Earth Sciences, Miami, FL, United States), Coates, Anthony G. (editor), A paleobiotic survey of Caribbean faunas from the Neogene of the Isthmus of Panama, Bulletins of American Paleontology , 357 , p. 61-80, illus. incl. 3 tables, sketch map , 53 refs, 1999.

Duncan, David S. (Eckerd College, Department of Marine Science, Saint Petersburg, FL, United States), Hine, Albert C., Droxler, Andre W., Tectonic controls on carbonate sequence formation in an active strike-slip setting; Serranilla Basin, northern Nicaragua Rise, Marine Geology, 160 (3-4), p. 355-382, 1999.
Fernandez, Mario (Universidad de Costa Rica, Centro de Investigaciones Geofisicas, San Jose, Costa Rica), Havskov, Jens, Atakan, Kuvvet, Destructive tsunamis and tsunami warning in Central America, Science of Tsunami Hazards , 17 (3 ), p. 173-186, 2 tables, geol. sketch maps , 24 refs, 1999.

Hauff, F. (GEOMAR Research Center, Kiel, Federal Republic of Germany), Hoernle, K., Tilton, G., Graham, D. W., Kerr, A. C., Large volume recycling of oceanic lithosphere over short time scales: geochemical constraints from the Caribbean Large Igneous Province, Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 174 (3-4 ), p. 247-263, illus. incl. 1 table, geol. sketch map , 53 refs, 2000. Includes appendix .

Jackson, Jeremy B. C. (Smithsonian Institution, Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Washington, DC, United States), Todd, Jonathan A., Fortunato, Helena, Jung, Peter, Diversity and assemblages of Neogene Caribbean Mollusca of lower Central America Collins, Laurel S. (editor) (Florida International University, Department of Earth Sciences, Miami, FL, United States), Coates, Anthony G. (editor), A paleobiotic survey of Caribbean faunas from the Neogene of the Isthmus of Panama, Bulletins of American Paleontology , 357 , p. 193-230, illus. incl. 4 tables, sketch maps , 48 refs, 1999. Includes appendices .

Kuleshov, V. N. (Russian Academy of Sciences, Geological Institute, Moscow, Russian Federation), Manganese carbonates in recent sediments; geochemistry of isotopes (delta (super 18) O and delta (super 13) C) and the origin, Lithology and Mineral Resources, 34 (5 ), p. 440-457, illus. incl. geol. sketch map , 65 refs, 1999.

Marincovich, Louie, Jr. (California Academy of Sciences, Department of Invertebrate Zoology and Geology, San Francisco, CA, United States), Central American paleogeography controlled Pliocene Arctic Ocean molluscan migrations, Geology (Boulder) , 28 (6 ), p. 551-554, illus. incl. sketch map , 39 refs, 2000.

Molnia, Bruce F. (U. S. Geological Survey, United States), Hallam, Cheryl A., Open Skies aerial photography of selected areas in Central America affected by Hurricane Mitch, U. S. Geological Survey Circular , C 1181, p. 82, illus. incl. sketch maps , 1999.

Moritz, Erik (Universitaet Tuebingen, Institut fuer Geologie und Palaeontologie, Tubingen, Federal Republic of Germany), Bornholdt, Stefan, Westphal, Hildegard, Meschede, Martin, Neural network interpretation of LWD data (ODP Leg 170) confirms complete sediment subduction at the Costa Rica convergent margin, Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 174 (3-4 ), p. 301-312, illus. incl. sect., 2 tables, sketch map , 25 refs, 2000.

Patino, Lina C. (Rutgers University, Department of Geological Sciences, Piscataway, NJ, United States), Carr, Michal J., Feigenson, Mark D., Local and regional variations in Central American arc lavas controlled by variations in subducted sediment input, Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology, 138 (3 ), p. 265-283, illus. incl. 4 tables, geol. sketch map , 70 refs, 2000.

Ranero, C. R. (GEOMAR, Kiel, Federal Republic of Germany), von Huene, R., Subduction erosion along the Middle America convergent margin, Nature (London) , 404 (6779 ), p. 748-755, illus. incl. sects., sketch map , 30 refs, 2000.

Rose, W. I. (Michigan Technical University, Geological Engineering Sciences, Houghton, MI, United States), Conway, F. M., Pullinger, C. R., Deino, A., MacIntosh, W. C., An improved age framework for late Quaternary silicic eruptions in northern Central America, Bulletin of Volcanology, 61 (1-2), p. 106-120, illus. incl. 4 tables, sketch map, 46 refs, 1999.

Saffer, Demian M. (University of California, Institute of Tectonics, Santa Cruz, CA, United States), Silver, Eli A., Fisher, Andrew T., Tobin, Harold, Moran, Kate, Inferred pore pressures at the Costa Rica subduction zone; implications for dewatering processes, Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 177 (3-4 ), p. 193-207, illus. incl. sect., sketch map , 28 refs, 2000.

Sallares, V. (CSIC, Department of Geophysics, Barcelona, Spain), Danobeitia, J. J., Flueh, Ernst R., Leandro, G., Seismic velocity structure across the middle American landbridge in northern Costa RicaFlueh, Ernst R. (editor) (GEOMAR, Kiel), Carbonell, R. (editor), Lithospheric structure and seismicity at convergent margins, Journal of Geodynamics, 27 (3), p. 327-344, illus. incl. sects., 2 tables, geol. sketch map, 56 refs, 1999

Shedlock, Kaye M. (U. S. Geological Survey, Golden, CO, United States), Seismic hazard map of North and Central America and the Caribbean Giardini, Domenico (editor) (ETHZ, Institute of Geophysics, Zurich, Switzerland), The Global Seismic Hazard Assessment Program (GSHAP) 1992-1999, Annali di Geofisica , 42 (6 ), p. 977-997, geol. sketch maps , 57 refs, 1999.

Tomascak, Paul B. (Carnegie Institution of Washington, Department of Terrestrial Magnetism, Washington, DC, United States), Ryan, Jeffrey G., Defant, Marc J., Lithium isotope evidence for light element decoupling in the Panama subarc mantle, Geology (Boulder) , 28 (6 ), p. 507-510, illus. incl. 1 table, sketch map , 40 refs, 2000.

von Huene, Roland (GEOMAR Research Center for Marine Geosciences, Kiel, Federal Republic of Germany), Ranero, Cesar R., Weinrebe, W., Hinz, K., Quaternary convergent margin tectonics of Costa Rica, segmentation of the Cocos Plate, and Central American volcanism, Tectonics , 19 (2 ), p. 314-334, illus. incl. sects. , 63 refs, 2000.

Abstracts

Brugmann, Gerhard (Max-Planck-Institut fur Chemie, Mainz, Federal Republic of Germany); Haff, Folkmar and Walker, Richard. Recycling of subcontinental lithospheric mantle; evidence from Os- and Nd- isotope compositions of volcanic rocks from the Caribbean oceanic plateau [abstr.]:in European Union of Geosciences conference abstracts; EUG 10,Journal of Conference Abstracts, 4(1), p. 343, March 1999. (Terra Abstracts, Vol. 11).

Collins, Laurel S. (Department of Geology, Florida International University, Miami, Florida 33199.).Increasing diversity in caribbean benthic Foraminifera over the last 10 million years [abstr.]:in Geological Society of America, 1999 annual meeting, Abstracts with Programs - Geological Society of America, 31(7), 1999.

Guendel, Federico (Universidad Nacional de Costa Rica, San Jose, Costa Rica) and Quintero, Ronnie. Seismotectonics of Central America; a study of earthquake focal mechanisms [abstr.]:in 23rd general assembly of the European Geophysical Society; Part 1, Society symposia, solid Earth, geophysics and geodesy,Annales Geophysicae (1988), 16, SUPPL.1, p. 101, 1998.

Hoernle, Kaj; Schweikert, Ulrike; Werner, Reinhard and Bogaard, Paul van den. The Caribbean flood basalt event and the missing link to the Galapagos hotspot; preliminary results from Panama [abstr.]: in 16. Geowissenschaftliches Lateinamerika-Kolloquium, 14. - 16. Oktober 1998, Bayreuth; Zusammenfassungen der Tagungsbeitrage (Ristedt, H., editor), Terra Nostra (Bonn), 98-5, p. 69, 4 ref., 1998.

Meschede, Martin. The absolute plate motion of the Caribbean Plate; constraints for a near-American origin [abstr.]: in 16. Geowissenschaftliches Lateinamerika-Kolloquium, 14. - 16. Oktober 1998, Bayreuth; Zusammenfassungen der Tagungsbeitrage (Ristedt, H., editor), Terra Nostra (Bonn), 98-5, p. 110-111, 2 ref., 1998.Meeting: Geowissenschaftliches Lateinamerika-Kolloquium 16, 1998, Bayreuth, 1998.

Russell, S. A. (University of California Santa Cruz, Institute of Tectonics, Santa Cruz, CA) and Lay, T. Comparison of small structure in D" beneath Central America and the Central Pacific [abstr.]: in SSA-99 94th annual meeting; meeting abstracts (Malone, Steve, chairperson), Seismological Research Letters, 70(2), p. 240, April 1999.

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