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The geology of Antigua and Barbuda is part of the Lesser Antilles volcanic island arc. Both islands are the above water limestone "caps" of now inactive volcanoes. The two islands are the surface features of the undersea Barbuda Bank and have karst limestone landscapes. [1] Barbuda is primarily flat and formed from coral reefs.
The Antigua Formation is a geologic formation in Antigua and Barbuda. ... A. P. Brown. 1913. Notes on the Geology of the Island of Antigua. Proceedings of the Academy ...
List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Antigua and Barbuda. Categories: Geography of Antigua and Barbuda. Geology by country. Geology of North America by country. Geology of the Caribbean.
Antigua and Barbuda (UK: / æ n ˈ t iː ɡ ə ... b ɑːr ˈ b uː d ə /, US: / æ n ˈ t iː ɡ w ə ... b ɑːr ˈ b j uː d ə /) is a sovereign archipelagic country in the Caribbean.It lies at the conjuncture of the Caribbean Sea and the Atlantic Ocean in the Leeward Islands part of the Lesser Antilles.
Ostracoda from the Antigua Formation (Oligocene, Lesser Antilles). Journal of Paleontology 40(5):1233-1236; M. Brasier and J. Donahue. 1985. Barbuda - an emerging reef and lagoon complex on the edge of the Lesser Antilles island arc. Journal of the Geological Society of London 142:1101-1117; A. P. Brown. 1913. Notes on the Geology of the Island ...
Geology of Antigua and Barbuda (5 P) L. Landforms of Antigua and Barbuda (6 C, 2 P) Landmarks in Antigua and Barbuda (1 C) N. Natural disasters in Antigua ...
Turner Beach in Antigua. Antigua (/ æ n ˈ t iː ɡ ə / ann-TEE-gə), [2] also known as Waladli or Wadadli by the local population, is an island in the Lesser Antilles.It is one of the Leeward Islands in the Caribbean region and the most populous island of the country of Antigua and Barbuda.
The Caribbean Plate began its eastward migration 80 million years ago (Ma) during the Late Cretaceous. This migration eventually resulted in a volcanic arc stretching from northwestern South America to the Yucatán Peninsula, today represented by the Aves Islands and the Lesser and Greater Antilles. This arc was the subject of constant ...