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Interrelationship of the terranes in western and central Cuba—Comment
Tectonophysics, 1994
The present tectonic position and stratigraphy of the Sierra de 10s Organos and the Sierra de1 Rosario sequences in the Cordillera de Guaniguanico in Cuba (Fig. 1) is well known as a result of the geological mapping of the Pinar de1 Rio Province (Pszczolkowski et al., 1975). These data became the base for various tectonic and geodynamic interpretations of the western part of Cuba (for example, Mo~akowski et al., 1987; Puscharowski et al., 1989) **. The paper by K. Piotrowska (1993) is the latest attempt at explaining the paleotectonic history of some tectonic units (terranes) in the Pinar de1 Rio Province. I do not agree with some conclusions presented in this paper. Piotrowska (1993) states that all tectonic units of the Sierra de 10s Organos terrane in the Pinar de1 Rio Province (the metamorphosed units, the Mogote zone, Pizarras de1 Sur and Pizarras de1 Norte) are thrust over the 'Zaza zone' and the sequence of the ~orida-Bahamas (Piotrowska, *Editor's note: A reply to this paper was invited but unfortunately not received. It was therefore decided to publish the comment without the customary reply.
Geology of Cuba, 2021
The complex and prolific geological scenario of Cuba has led to geological-genetic conditions favorable for the formation of varied deposits, manifestations, and mineralized points of various industrial raw materials, decorative and for multiple practical uses, known worldwide as industrial rocks and minerals, or simply as industrial minerals. Thus, Cuba has large deposits of limestone, loam, dolomite, kaolin, gypsum and anhydrite, rock salt, marbles, sands and clays of different types, zeolites, peat, therapeutic peloids, and many more. There are manifestations of decorative and precious rocks such as jasper, jadeite, different varieties of quartz, and even xylopals. The degree of study of the different varieties of these rocks and industrial minerals is still low in the face of their great diversity and possible uses in different industrial branches of industry, medicine, and in the field of research. Its origin can be summarized in seven genetic groups: magmatic, sedimentary, pyroclastic-sedimentary, metamorphic, skarn, hydrothermal, and supergenic (residual). The different genetic groups are not governed, in general, by the same or similar geotectonic situations. They appear in different geotechnical areas and geological contexts, such as limestone rocks, granitoids, and zeolites. There are also tendencies, in some genetic types, to be located in specific environments such as peat, in the biogenic zones of the Miocene-Quaternary sedimentary cover and, the kaolin, in the Mesozoic accreted terrane.
Beyond the Blockade. New Currents in Cuban Archaeology, edited by Susan Kepecs, L.A. Curet y G. La Rosa, pp. 89-105. The University of Alabama Press. Tuscaloosa., 2010
We summarize here some of the results of recent collaborative archaeological research at and around the site of Los Buchillones in northern Cuba. The excavation of wooden structural posts at the site reveals aspects of house size and structural design. A coastal survey indicates the potential size of this coastal site. A survey and excavation of islands in the Jardines del Rey archipelago provides extensive evidence of indigenous marine resource and subsistence exploitation on these off-shore islands. Assemblages from island sites are compared with those from Los Buchillones. Radiocarbon dates provide evidence for the chronology of human activity at these different sites. Aquí presentamos los resultados de unas investigacións recientes en el sitio de Los Buchillones, en la costa norte de Cuba. La excavación de viviendas nos proporciona nueva informacion sobre el tamaño y el diseño de estas estructuras. Un recorrido a lo largo del litoral indica el tamaño arqueológico del sitio. Recorridos y excavaciones en las islas del archipiélago Jardines del Rey proporcionan evidencias nuevas sobre la utilización de recursos marinosen estas islas.
2007
Attractively laid out and carefully edited, Professor González del Valle's version of Jacinto de Salas y Quiroga's Viages. Isla de Cuba will be a welcome addition to the growing body of work on this transatlantic writer. 1 This book reproduces Salas's text in facsimile, and the reader can appreciate the experience of perusing the scarce first edition, while reading a new version of Viages illustrated with copies of engravings contemporary to the original text. 2 The editor has included an extensive bibliography related to critical concepts discussed in the Estudio Preliminar, as well as to Salas's life and works. There is also a helpful "índice crítico-bibliográfico de conceptos considerados en Viages sobre la Cuba del siglo XIX", with multiple entries for the headings "Clases sociales," "Diversiones," "Enseñanza," "Esclavitud y la presencia de los negros," "Historiografía/historia," "Insatisfacción con respecto a España," and "Periodismo." born in La Coruña in 1813, Salas y Quiroga travelled extensively in Spanish America, and Viages is the text he produced as a result of his visit to Cuba in the late 1830s. besides negotiating the encounters between Spanish culture and that of the
Levisa 1. Studying the earliest indigenous peoples of Cuba in multicomponent archaeological sites
Early Settlers of the INSULAR CARIBBEAN Dearchaizing the Archaic, 2019
The archaeological site Levisa 1, in northeast Cuba, possesses one of the earlier radiocarbon dates for the so called ¨archaic¨ communities in this Island and one of the earliest one from the Caribbean region. For this reason that place is a basic reference for the study of the archaic groups. Also due to its location and potential link with other important archaic sites, and because possesses contexts that reflect diverse types and moments of pre-Arawak’s occupations, and even ceramic use. This paper revises the archaeological data of Levisa 1, the history of its investigation and its implications in the knowledge of the archaic societies in Cuba and the Caribbean. We discusses how the methodological and theoretical changes more than the incorporation of new data or a detailed and deep analysis of the available information have determined the understanding of that space.
Especimenes tipo alojados en el Museo Nacional de Historia Natural de Cuba
2015
Type specimens housed in the National Museum of Natural History of Cuba are listed. The collections contain 187 holotypes. Scientific name, author and description date, reference, catalogue number, original number, type locality, collector, date of collecting and preservation method are given for each specimen.
Cuban Geology: A New Plate-Tectonic Synthesis
Journal of Petroleum Geology, 1994
Cuba is considered here to consist of two separate geological units: a foldbelt and a neoautochthon. The foldbelt can be subdivided into: (i) continental units, comprising Mesozoic Bahamian Platform and slope deposits, which are overlain by a Paleocene-Late Eocene foreland basin; and the Cuban SW terranes (Guaniguanico, Pinos and Escambray), which were probably originally attached to the Yucatan Platform; (ii) oceanic units, namely: the northern ophiolite belt; the Cretaceous (?Aptian Campanian) volcanic arc, which is overlain by a series of Latest Cretaceous-Late Eocene "piggy-back" basins; and the Paleocene-Middle Eocene volcanic arc which is overlain by a late-Middle-latest Eocene "piggy-back" basin. The neo-autochthon is composed of slightly-deformed, latest Eocene to Recent sedimentary rocks, which unconformably overlie the folded belt. A large number of tectonic models for the Caribbean area have been published in recent years, but rarely include modern data on the geology of Cuba. The Author here presents a plate-tectonic model for the western Caribbean which is based on the following premises: (i) opening of the Caribbean took place along several parallel rifts-zones, and a main transform fault located between the entrance of the Gulf of Mexico and the Demarara Plateau; (ii) the Cretaceous Greater Antilles volcanic arc faced the ProtoCaribbean Sea, and essentially northward-dipping subduction took place; and (iii) the western Caribbean Paleocene-Middle Eocene volcanic arc also faced the Caribbean Sea, with subduction dipping towards the NNW. Hydrocarbon production in Cuba comes from oilfields located in both continental and oceanic units. The Northern Oil Province coincides with the Bahamian platform and slope deposits and the Guaniguanico Terrain. The Southern Oil Province is represented by the latest Cretaceous-late Eocene sedimentary basins and the Cretaceous volcanic arc.