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Figure 3.17: Photo of sample ITR 14 showing decreased plagioclase (pink) content. K feldspar (light brown and yellowish) and quartz grains are more abundant in this sample. ......................................................................................................................................... 130 Figure 3.18: Measured Section of outcrop CMRA showing the beds where sample CMRA was collected. ..................................................................................................... 131 Figure 3.19: Photo of sample CMRA showing plagioclase (pink) and K-feldspar (light brown and yellowish) along with recycled quartz grains. Pore spaces are partially filled with grayish-brownish kaolinite cement......................................................................... 132 Figure 3.20: Photo of sample from Breedy’s location (see Figure 2.8) showing plagioclase (pink) labeled plag, and K-feldspar (light brown and yellowish) labeled K.. In the lower part of the photo there is a rounded, dark green grain that is a glauconite grain. Volcanic rock fragments (VRF) are also present. ................................................ 132 Figure 3.21: Composition of Scotland Formation samples point counted by Punch (2004), plotted on a QFR diagram. ................................................................................. 133 Figure 3.22: Composition of Scotland Formation samples point counted by Kasper and Larue, (1986) plotted on a QFR diagram........................................................................ 133 Figure 3. 23: Composition of Scotland Formation samples point counted in this study plotted on a QFR diagram............................................................................................... 134 Figure 4.1: Base map showing seismic line survey and location of seismic lines used for interpretation in this study. Numbers indicate lines shown in this paper. BB- Barbados Basin TFB- Tobago Forearc Basin, LAIA- Lesser Antilles Island Arc. ........................ 136 Figure 4.2: Sedimentary units in outcrop and the seismic response of their offshore equivalents ...................................................................................................................... 137 Figure 4.3: Channels within Unit Five. The light blue horizon is the Middle Miocene unconformity that bounds the top of Unit Four. ............................................................. 138 Figure 4.4: East-west seismic reflection profile showing the structural provinces within the study area. Oversized Plate (11x17) requires plotter or printer with tabloid printing. ......................................................................................................................................... 139 Figure 4.5: Seismic reflection profile across the Barbados Ridge which shows the Barbados Fault to the east and the Tobago Forearc Basin sediments that onlap the Barbados Accretionary Prism sediments to the west. The location of this seismic line is shown as line 2 in Figure 4.1. Oversized Plate (11x17) requires plotter or printer with tabloid printing................................................................................................................ 140 ......................................................................................................................................... 141 Figure 4.8: Isochron maps of the Lower Miocene to Plio-Pleistocene Tobago Basin fill. ......................................................................................................................................... 143 Figure 4.9: Illustration of the Speed model of tectonic emplacement of the Oceanic Formation (Tobago Forearc Basin sediments) onto accretionary prism sediments........ 144 Figure 4.11: Illustration of Hypothesis 2- early pelagic sedimentation (Oceanic Equivalents) followed by clastic basin fill (Scotland Formation) and a return to pelagic sedimentation (Oceanic Formation) that is deposited conformably on the clastic basin fill. ......................................................................................................................................... 146 Figure A.1: Location map showing Scotland District Outcrops. Oversized Plate (11x17) requires plotter or printer with tabloid printing. ............................................................. 149 Figure A.2a: Lidar Ridge measured section. .................................................................. 150 xiv
Figure A.3a: Chalky Mount Ridge measured section A................................................. 151 Figure A.3b: Chalky Mount Ridge measured section A................................................. 152 Figure A.3c: Chalky Mount Ridge measured section A................................................. 153 Figure A.4b: Chalky Mount Ridge measured section B................................................. 155 Figure A.4c: Chalky Mount Ridge measured section B. ................................................ 156 Figure A.5: Chalky Mount Ridge measured section C................................................... 157 Figure A.6: Chalky Mount Ridge measured section D................................................... 158 Figure A.7a: Measured Section of Chalky Mount Shale Ridge...................................... 159 Figure A.7b: Measured Section of Chalky Mount Shale Ridge. .................................... 160 Figure A.7c: Measured Section of Chalky Mount Shale Ridge...................................... 161 Figure A.8a: Sleeping Giant Ridge Measured Section A. .............................................. 162 Figure A.8b: Sleeping Giant Ridge Measured Section A............................................... 163 Figure A.9: Sleeping Giant Ridge Measured Section B. ................................................ 164 Figure A.10: Sleeping Giant Ridge Measured Section C. .............................................. 165 Figure A.11: Sleeping Giant Ridge Measured Section D............................................... 166 Figure A.12: Sleeping Giant Ridge Measured Section E. .............................................. 167 Figure A.13a: Sleeping Giant Ridge Measured Section F.............................................. 168 Figure A.13b: Sleeping Giant Ridge Measured Section F.............................................. 169 Figure A.14a: Coast Road Below Sleeping Giant Ridge Measured Section. ................. 170 Figure A.14b: Coast Road Below Sleeping Giant Ridge Measured Section.................. 171 Figure A.14c: Coast Road Below Sleeping Giant Ridge Measured Section. ................. 172 Figure A.14d: Coast Road Below Sleeping Giant Ridge Measured Section.................. 173 Figure A.14e: Coast Road Below Sleeping Giant Ridge Measured Section. ................. 174 Figure A.14f: Coast Road Below Sleeping Giant Ridge Measured Section................... 175 Figure A.14g: Coast Road Below Sleeping Giant Ridge Measured Section.................. 176 Figure A.14h: Coast Road Below Sleeping Giant Ridge Measured Section.................. 177 Figure A.15: Ermy Bourne Ridge Measured Section 1. ................................................. 178 Figure A.16: Ermy Bourne Ridge Measured Section 1. ................................................. 179 Figure A.17: Spa Hill Fold Measured Section 1............................................................. 180 Figure A.18: Spa Hill Fold Measured Section 2............................................................. 181 Figure A.19: Ermy Bourne Ridge Measured Section 1. ................................................. 182 Figure A.20a: Walkers Ridge Measured Section A........................................................ 183 Figure A.20b: Walkers Ridge Measured Section A........................................................ 184 Figure A.20c: Walkers Ridge Measured Section A........................................................ 185 Figure A.21: Walkers Ridge Measured Section B.......................................................... 186 Figure A.22a: Walkers Ridge Measured Section C........................................................ 187 Figure A.22b: Walkers Ridge Measured Section C........................................................ 188 Figure A.23a: Inner Turner’s Hall Ridge Measured Section.......................................... 189 Figure A.23b: Inner Turner’s Hall Ridge Measured Section.......................................... 190 Figure A.23c: Inner Turner’s Hall Ridge Measured Section......................................... 191 Figure A.23d: Inner Turner’s Hall Ridge Measured Section.......................................... 192 Figure A.23e: Inner Turner’s Hall Ridge Measured Section.......................................... 193 xv
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Page 3 and 4: Sedimentation within the Tobago For
Page 5 and 6: Acknowledgements I would like to th
Page 7 and 8: Table of Contents List of Tables ..
Page 9 and 10: List of Tables Table 2.1: Latitudes
Page 11 and 12: Figure 2.14: Planar parallel lamina
Page 13: Figure 2.42: Coarse, cobble and peb
Page 17 and 18: 1. Development history of the south
Page 19 and 20: Formation. This interpretation requ
Page 21 and 22: DATA AND METHODOLOGY Extensive work
Page 23 and 24: DESCRIPTIVE METHODOLOGY Each sectio
Page 25 and 26: Two or more channel complexes stack
Page 27 and 28: These poorly sorted sands are later
Page 29 and 30: East Coast Road Although the East C
Page 31 and 32: succession of interlaminated siltst
Page 33 and 34: Mount All The beds of the Mount All
Page 35 and 36: Lobes are non-channelized bodies, 3
Page 37 and 38: Sandy units are the most resistant
Page 39 and 40: SUMMARY DEPOSITIONAL SETTING OF THE
Page 41 and 42: Chapter Three: Petrographic Analysi
Page 43 and 44: had not been buried deeply or long
Page 45 and 46: Feldspars Calcium Plagioclase Felds
Page 47 and 48: Authigenic Minerals Authigenic mine
Page 49 and 50: amounts of chlorite and kaolinite c
Page 51 and 52: Sample: WRA 16 This sample was take
Page 53 and 54: cementation is observed. A number o
Page 55 and 56: COMPARISON WITH PREVIOUS WORK Punch
Page 57 and 58: K feldspar preservation to slightly
Page 59 and 60: CONCLUSIONS 1. No quartz cementatio
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STRUCTURAL FRAMEWORK OF THE BARBADO
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Sandy material is primarily quartz
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esult of extension caused by flexur
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1994). The origin of the Oceanic Fo
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Oligocene-age sediments are deposit
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The observation of channel geometri
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Pudsey, (1982) interpreted smectite
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The interpretation of the Scotland
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Figure 1.2: Convergent margins arou
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NSF Study Lines Grenada St. Kitts S
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Figure 2.2: Generalized vertical se
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Figure 2.4: Detailed Geological map
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Figure 2.6: Photographs and illustr
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Figure 2.8: Bedsets on the channel
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S 50 m Figure 2.10: Photo-panorama
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Figure 2.13: Laminated silt and mud
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Figure 2.16a: Measured section at C
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Figure 2.16c: Measured section at C
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Figure 2.18: Correlation of section
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Figure 2.21: Parallel laminated sil
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Wach, Vincent and Chaderton March 2
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Figure 2.24: Channel element identi
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WRB S N Fresh rock face exposed by
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Figure 2.28: Photograph of Diplocra
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Figure 2.31: Conglomerate with eros
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Figure 2.33: Thalassinoides trace f
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Figure 2.35: Mount All measured str
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Figure 2.37: Medium grained sand be
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Figure 2.38b: Inner Turner’s Hall
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Figure 2.38d: Inner Turner’s Hall
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Figure 2.39: Spa Hill measured stra
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Juniper Ridge, California Scotland
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Figure 3.1: Fractured quartz grain
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SGRF 1C SGRF 9C Figure 3.5: Measure
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Figure 3.8: Photo of sample SGRF 11
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Figure 3.10: Photo of sample SGRF 1
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Figure 3.12: Photo of sample WRA 16
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Figure 3.14: Photo of sample WRB 8
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Figure 3.16: Photo of sample ITR 9
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Figure 3.19: Photo of sample CMRA s
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Figure 3. 23: Composition of Scotla
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Figure 4.1: Base map showing seismi
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Figure 4.3: Channels within Unit Fi
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Figure 4.5: Seismic reflection prof
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Figure 4.7 Isochron maps of the old
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Figure 4.9: Illustration of the Spe
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Figure 4.11: Illustration of Hypoth
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necessary to clear a path. Keep to
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2006 Figure A.2a: Lidar Ridge measu
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Figure A.3b: Chalky Mount Ridge mea
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2006 Figure A.4a: Chalky Mount Ridg
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2006 Figure A.4c: Chalky Mount Ridg
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2006 Figure A.6: Chalky Mount Ridge
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Figure A.7b: Measured Section of Ch
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2006 Figure A.8a: Sleeping Giant Ri
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2006 Figure A.9: Sleeping Giant Rid
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2006 Figure A.11: Sleeping Giant Ri
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Figure A.13a: Sleeping Giant Ridge
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2006 Figure A.14a: Coast Road Below
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2006 Figure A.14c: Coast Road Below
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2006 Figure A.14e: Coast Road Below
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2006 Figure A.14g: Coast Road Below
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2006 Figure A.15: Ermy Bourne Ridge
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2006 Figure A.17: Spa Hill Fold Mea
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2006 Figure A.19: Ermy Bourne Ridge
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Figure A.20b: Walkers Ridge Measure
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Figure A.21: Walkers Ridge Measured
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Figure A.22b: Walkers Ridge Measure
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2007 Figure A.23b: Inner Turner’s
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2007 Figure A.23d: Inner Turner’s
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Framework grains Quartz Feldspar Ro
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CRIMES, T.P., 1977, Trace fossils o
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MONTGOMERY, S.L., BARKER, C.E., SEA
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RICHARDS, M., BOWMAN, M., and READI
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WEBER, J.C., DIXON, T.H., DEMETS, C
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