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Geology of Puerto RicoAn Overview of the Plate Tectonic
Origin of the Caribbean
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Outline
• Rock types in Puerto Rico
• Plate Tectonics review
• Puerto Rico formed WHERE?
• Evidence
• Tectonic Reconstruction
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Rocks for Astronomers
Astronomy: H,He Metals
Geology: Basalt Other
Puerto Rico Volcanic Marine
Olivine Limestone
Mg2SiO4 CaCO3
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Astronomy (simplified)
• Hydrogen
• Helium
• Metals (everything else)
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Astronomy Geology Rocks
• Hydrogen
• Helium
• Metal
(everything else)
• Hot (igneous)
• Medium (metamorphic)
• Cold (sedimentary)
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Geology (continued)
• Hot = Igneous - Volcanic rocks, basalt– Lava is molten on the surface, cools quickly– Granite is molten underground, cools slowly
• Medium = metamorphic– Re-heating of rocks, re-crystalization– Cooking of limestone makes marble
• Cold = sedimentary– Carried by wind or water, like sandstone– Layered sands from dunes near the shore ( look along
the Jobos beach road cut)
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Basalt flow in Hawaii
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Puerto Rico Geologic Map
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Puerto Rico Geologic Regions
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Puerto Rico faults and intrusions
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Geology Field Trip
• Let’s look at a nearby outcrop of limestone
• (How often have you had an astronomy field trip?)
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Limestone Fossils
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More Fossils
Slide 14
Structure of the Earth
• Earthquakes tell us about the interior structure
• Earthquakes generate P-waves and S-waves• P-waves are pressure waves – in direction
of motion• S-waves are shear waves – perpendicular to
the direction of motion • S-waves do not propagate through liquids
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Slide 15 Fig. 6-7, p.101
Slide 16
Seismology:a way to probe the Earth’s interior
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Global Tectonic Plates and Earthquakes
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Plate Tectonics Overview
• Earth surface is made up of semi-rigid “plates” (lithosphere)
• The plates move on top of a plastic layer of rock (aesthenosphere)
• The driving force is convection in the mantle
• Heat from the core fuels the system
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Slide 19 Fig. 6-3, p.98
Slide 20
Types of Plate Boundaries
• Divergent – Spreading ridge (Atlantic)
• Convergent – Subduction Zone (Lesser Antilles, Pacific Rim)
• Neither - Transverse fault (San Andreas Fault, Puerto Rican trench at present)
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Slide 21
Global Tectonic Plates
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Island Arc formation at a Subduction Zone
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Slide 23
Monserrat VolcanoSoufriére Hills
Slide 24
Before After
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Subduction of a spreading center
•Subduction cut off
•New trench forms on the other side
•Same volcanos may be activated
Slide 26
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Caribbean Plate Todayboundary and geologic regions
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Tectonic Setting
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Plate Tectonic Reconstruction of the Caribbean region:
200 million years ago to present
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Caribbean Plate Todayboundary and geologic regions
Slide 46
Puerto Rico and Virgin Islands microplate