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Classic localities explained 6: Tobago |
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| Authors: | Stephen K. Donovan Trevor A. Jackson |
| Affiliation: | 1. Department of Geology, Nationaal Natuurhistorisch Museum, Darwinweg 2, Postbus 9517, NL‐2300 RA Leiden, The Netherlands Donovan@naturalis.nl;2. Disaster Risk Reduction Centre, University of the West Indies, Mona, Kingston 7, Jamaica trevor.jackson@uwimona.edu.jm |
| Abstract: | The island of Tobago is only about 40 km in length and to the geologist is a demonstration of the old saying that good things come in small packages. Situated in the southeast corner of the Caribbean Plate, it is the eastern extremity of the Caribbean Mountain System of northern South America, and is divided into three geologic provinces, one metamorphic, one igneous and one sedimentary. |
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