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We present geochemical data to identify the tectonic setting of the SW igneous province of Puerto Rico and its relation to the evolution of the Caribbean Plate.

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We propose the ophiolitic melange of the SW igneous province of Puerto Rico was formed along a large-offset transform fault, which initiated subduction and preserved both proto-Pacific and proto-Caribbean lithospheric mantle.

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This page is a summary of: Peridotites and basaltic rocks within an ophiolitic mélange from the SW igneous province of Puerto Rico: relation to the evolution of the Caribbean Plate, Geological Magazine, February 2016, Cambridge University Press,
DOI: 10.1017/s001675681500093x.
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