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Fi gure 8.4. Sketch showi ng the development of the Great~r<br />

Anti 11 es Out~r Ri dge from the 1 ate Mi ocene to<br />

the Recent. The western sector of the Greater<br />

Antilles Outer Ridge was probably built out<br />

over flat-lying sediments in middle to late<br />

Miocene time. Deposition of the Caicos Outer<br />

Ri dge began shortly thereafte~ and increased<br />

deposition occurred on the western Greater<br />

Antilles Outer Ridge, a condition which has<br />

persisted to the present.

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