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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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page 262 note 1 Specimens of these and other rocks mentioned in this paper were collected, and may be investigated by anyone interested.
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