Subduction Zones of the Caribbean: the sedimentary, magmatic, metamorphic and ore-deposit records UNESCO/iugs igcp Project 546 Subduction Zones of the Caribbean

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  • A. GARCIA CASCO Departamento de Mineralogía y petrología, Universidad de Granada. Fuentenueva s/n, 18002-Granada, Spain. Instituto Andaluz de Ciencias de la tierra (CSiC-Ugr). Fuentenueva s/n, 18002-Granada, Spain.
  • J.A. PROENZA FERNANDEZ Departament de Cristal·lografia, Mineralogia i dipòsits Minerals, Facultat de geologia, Universitat de Barcelona (UB). Martí i Franquès s/n, 08028-Barcelona, Spain
  • M. A. ITURRALDE-VINENT Museo Nacional de Historia Natural. Obispo no. 61, Plaza de Armas, La Habana 10100, Cuba.

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https://doi.org/10.1344/105.000001745

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