GSA Annual Meeting in Denver, Colorado, USA - 2016

Session No. 275
Wednesday, 28 September 2016: 8:00 AM-12:00 PM
Mile High Ballroom 2A/3A (Colorado Convention Center)

P4. Geologic Evolution of Cuba

GSA International/International Interdisciplinary Interest Group; Cuban Geological Society
Robert Stern, Manuel Antonio Iturralde-Vinent, Antonio Garcia-Casco, Yamirka Rojas-Agramonte, J. Brendan Murphy and Darrel S. Cowan, Conveners
 
8:00 AM
Introductory Remarks
8:05 AM
OUTLINE OF THE GEOLOGY OF CUBA
ITURRALDE-VINENT, Manuel Antonio, Sociedad Cubana de Geología, Habana Vieja, La Habana, 10100, Cuba, maivcu@gmail.com
Handouts
  • iturralde_2016_Outline of the Geology of Cuba Denver.pdf (4.8 MB)
  • 8:20 AM
    TECTONICS AND STRATIGRAPHY OF THE JURASSIC-CRETACEOUS CUBA-BAHAMAS SEDIMENTARY PROVINCE: A RECORD OF RIFTING, RESTRICTED EVAPORITE TO MARINE BASIN, CARBONATE PLATFORMS AND TECTONIC INVERSION
    CREVELLO, Paul D., Discovery Petroleum Ltd, P.O. Box 671, Boulder, CO 80306 and BURNS, Alan R., *deceased, Perth, Australia, crevello@discoverypetroleumltd.com
    8:35 AM
    PETROLOGY, GEOCHEMISTRY AND TECTONIC SETTING OF OPHIOLITES IN CUBA
    PROENZA, Joaquín A.1, GARCÍA-CASCO, Antonio2, MARCHESI, Claudio2, ROJAS-AGRAMONTE, Yamirka3, LÁZARO, Concepción2, BLANCO-QUINTERO, Idael4, BUTJOSA, Lidia1 and LLANES-CASTRO, Isabel5, (1)Universitat de Barcelona, Departament de Mineralogia, Petrologia i Geologia Aplicada, Barcelona, Spain, (2)Departamento de Mineralogía y Petrología, Universidad de Granada, Granada, Spain, (3)Institut für Geowissenschaften, Johannes Gutenberg-Universität, Mainz, D-55099, Germany, (4)Departamento de Geociencias, Universidad de los Andes, Bogotá, Colombia, (5)Instituto de Geología y Paleontología, Havana, Cuba, japroenza@ub.edu
    8:50 AM
    EARLY CRETACEOUS TO PALEOGENE ARC ROCKS OF CUBA
    ROJAS-AGRAMONTE, Yamirka1, PROENZA, Joaquín A.2, GARCIA-CASCO, Antonio3, NEUBAUER, Franz4, LÁZARO, Concepción5, GARCÍA-DELGADO, Dora6, PÉREZ, Mireya7 and VAZQUEZ, Tania7, (1)Institut für Geowissenschaften, Johannes Gutenberg-Universität, Mainz, D-55099, Germany, (2)Universitat de Barcelona, Departament de Mineralogia, Petrologia i Geologia Aplicada, Barcelona, Spain, (3)Department of Mineralogy and Petrology, University of Granada, and Andalusian Institute of Earth Sciences, IACT, UGR-CSIC, Avenida Fuentenueva sn, Granada, 18071, Spain, (4)Geography and Geology, University of Salzburg, Hellbrunnerstraße 34, Salzburg, 5020, Austria, (5)Departamento de Mineralogía y Petrología, Universidad de Granada, Granada, 18071, Spain, (6)Centro de Investigación del Petróleo - Ceinpet, Cerro,, Ciudad de La Habana,, 12000, Cuba, (7)Instituto Superior Politécnico José Antonio Echeverría, CUJAE,, Ciudad de la Habana, 19390, Cuba, rojas@uni-mainz.de
    9:05 AM
    METAMORPHIC COMPLEXES IN CUBA: P-T-T EVOLUTIONS, TECTONIC SETTINGS AND GEODYNAMIC IMPLICATIONS
    GARCIA-CASCO, Antonio1, BLANCO-QUINTERO, Idael2, DESPAIGNE DIAZ, Ana Ibis3, LÁZARO, Concepción4, ROJAS-AGRAMONTE, Yamirka5, PROENZA, Joaquín A.6, BUTJOSA, Lidia6, CÁRDENAS-PÁRRAGA, Juan4, ELVIRA NÚÑEZ CAMBRA, Kenya7, ITURRALDE-VINENT, Manuel Antonio8 and MILLÁN, Guillermo7, (1)Departamento de Mineralogía y Petrología, Universidad de Granada, Granada, 18071, Spain; Instituto Andaluz de Ciencia de la Tierra (IACT), Universidad de Granada-CSIC, Armilla (Granada), 18100, Spain, (2)Departamento de Geociencias, Universidad de los Andes, Bogotá, Colombia, (3)Departamento de Geología, Universidad de Pinar del Río, Pinar del Río, 20100, Cuba, (4)Departamento de Mineralogía y Petrología, Universidad de Granada, Granada, 18071, Spain, (5)Institut für Geowissenschaften, Johannes Gutenberg-Universität, Mainz, D-55099, Germany, (6)Universitat de Barcelona, Departament de Mineralogia, Petrologia i Geologia Aplicada, Barcelona, Spain, (7)Instituto de Geología y Paleontología, San Miguel del Padrón (La Habana), Cuba, (8)Sociedad Cubana de Geología, Habana Vieja, La Habana, 10100, Cuba, agcasco@ugr.es
    9:20 AM
    ACCRETIONARY COMPLEXES OF CUBA, WITH EMPHASIS ON THE ESCAMBRAY COMPLEX (CENTRAL CUBA)
    DESPAIGNE DIAZ, Ana Ibis, Departamento de Geología, Universidad de Pinar del Río, Pinar del Río, 20100, Cuba, GARCIA CASCO, Antonio, Department of Mineralogy and Petrology, Facultad de Ciencias - Universidad de Granada, Instituto Andaluz de Ciencias de la Tierra, Avenida Fuente Nueva 18002, Granada, 00000, Spain and CACERES GOVEA, Damaso, Department of Geology, Universidad de Pinar del Rio, Marti Final # 270, Pinar del Rio, Pinar del Rio, 20100, Cuba, anaibisd@gmail.com
    9:35 AM
    METALLIC MINERAL DEPOSITS OF CUBA: METALLOGENIC EPOCHS, DEPOSIT MODELS AND GEODYNAMIC ENVIRONMENT
    NELSON, Carl1, PROENZA, Joaquín A.2, MELGAREJO, J.C.3, CAZAÑAS, Xiomara4, PÉREZ-VÁZQUEZ, R.G.5, AIGLSPERGER, Thomas6, TORRÓ, Lisard6 and GARCÍA-CASCO, Antonio7, (1)Consulting Geologist, Boulder, CO 80304, (2)Universitat de Barcelona, Departament de Mineralogia, Petrologia i Geologia Aplicada, Barcelona, Spain, (3)Universitat de Barcelona, Facultat de Geologia, Martí i Franquès s/n, Barcelona, 08028, Spain, (4)Instituto de Geología y Paleontología, La Habana, Cuba, (5)Instituto Superior Politécnico José Antonio Echeverría, La Habana, Cuba, (6)Universitat de Barcelona, Departament de Cristal.lografia, Mineralogia i Dipòsits Minerals, Barcelona, Spain, (7)Departamento de Mineralogía y Petrología, Universidad de Granada, Granada, Spain, carlericnelson@gmail.com
    9:50 AM
    VOLCANOGENIC MASSIVE SULPHIDE (VMS) DEPOSITS IN THE LOWER CRETACEOUS LOS PASOS FORMATION,  SANTA CLARA REGION, CENTRAL CUBA
    MELING, David R, WATKINS, John J, FRANKLIN, James, HUNTER, A. Douglas and STACEY, Paul, Millbrook Minerals Inc., 760 Claremont Ave, Victoria, BC V8Y1K1, Canada, drmelling@shaw.ca
    10:05 AM
    CASE STUDIES OF CHROMITE ORE PROSPECTING IN CAMAGÜEY, CUBA
    GONZÁLEZ PONTÓN Sr., Rubén B., Oficina Nacional de Recursos Minerales, Calle Ignacio Agramonte No. 271, altos, entre Capitán Pacheco y Bartolomé Masó, Camagüey, CT 70100, Cuba, ruben.91@nauta.cu
    Handouts
  • CASE STUDIES OF CHROMITE ORE PROSPECTING IN CAMAGUEY.pptx (8.4 MB)
  • 10:20 AM
    THE CUBAN GEOLOGICAL MAPPING, A CHALLENGE FOR THE FUTURE
    NÚÑEZ-CAMBRA, Kenya E., Instituto de Geología y Paleontología, San Miguel del Padrón (La Habana), Cuba, kenya@igp.minem.cu
    Handouts
  • 10 20 THE CUBAN GEOLOGICAL MAPPING Kenya.pdf (7.4 MB)
  • 10:35 AM
    WAS THE EOCENE REORGANIZATION OF THE NORTHERN CARIBBEAN PLATE BOUNDARY FROM THE CUBAN TRENCH TO THE CAYMAN STRIKE-SLIP SYSTEM REGIONALLY OF GLOBALLY FORCED?
    BOSCHMAN, Lydian M.1, VAN HINSBERGEN, Douwe J.J.1, FRATERS, Menno1 and SPAKMAN, Wim2, (1)Earth Sciences, Utrecht University, Heidelberglaan 2, Utrecht, 3584ZC, Netherlands, (2)Earth Sciences, Utrecht University, Heidelberglaan 2, Utrecht, 3584ZC, Netherlands; Center for Earth Evolution and Dynamics (CEED), University of Oslo, Sem Sælandsvei 24, Oslo, NO-0316, Norway, l.m.boschman@uu.nl
    10:50 AM
    NEOGENE EVOLUTION OF THE NORTH CARIBBEAN PLATE BOUNDARY FROM CAYMAN TROUGH, SOUTHERN CUBA TO HISPANIOLA
    MERCIER DE LEPINAY, Bernard F., Géoazur - CNRS, Université de Nice Sophia Antipolis, 250 rue Albert Einstein, Valbonne, 06560, France, bmercier@geoazur.unice.fr
    11:05 AM
    SEISMOTECTONIC CHARACTERISTICS OF EASTERN CUBA
    ARANGO ARIAS, Enrique1, PÉREZ FLORES, Marco A.2, ÁVILA BARRIENTOS, Lenin2 and BATISTA RODRÍGUEZ, José A.3, (1)Centro Nacional de Investigaciones Sismológicas, Calle 17 no. 61, Rpto, Vista Alegre, Santiago de Cuba, Cuba, (2)AppliedGeophysicsDepartment.Carr., Centro de Investigación Científica y de Educación Superior de Ensenada (CICESE), Ensenada-Tijuana, 3918 Zona Playitas, Ensenada, Baja California, Ensenada-Tijuana, 3918 Zona Playitas, Ensenada, Baja California, (3)Universidad Autónoma de Coahuila, Escuela Superior de Ingeniería.Blvd., Adolfo López Mateos, 6800Nueva Rosita, Coahuila, Mexico, earango@cenais.cu
    11:20 AM
    ANIMATION OF THE TECTONIC EVOLUTION OF CUBA
    LAWVER, Lawrence1, NORTON, Ian O.2 and GAHAGAN, Lisa M.2, (1)Institute for Geophysics, Jackson School of Geosciences, University of Texas at Austin, 10100 Burnet Rd.- R2200, Austin, TX 78758-4445, (2)Institute for Geophysics, Jackson School of Geosciences, University of Texas at Austin, 10100 Burnet Rd. - R2200, Austin, TX 78758-4445, lawver@ig.utexas.edu
    11:35 AM
    TECTONIC FRAMEWORK OF CUBA, AND SOME AVENUES OF CONTINUED RESEARCH
    PINDELL, James, Dept Earth Science, Rice University, 6100 Main St, Houston, TX 77005; Dept. Earth Science, Rice U., Main St., Houston, TX 77002 and STERN, Robert J., University of Texas at Dallas, Geosciences Dept, 800 W Campbell Ave, Richardson, TX 75093, rjstern@utdallas.edu
     
    11:50 AM
    Discussion