Geology of the Collectivity of Saint Martin

The geology of the Collectivity of Saint Martin consists of andesite tuff and tuff breccia from the middle and late Eocene, intruded by hypabyssal basalt, quartz diorite and younger andesite. Volcanic activity led to metamorphism of many rocks and the tilting and folding of the tuff series. Limestone and marl was later unconformably deposited atop the eroded volcanic rocks as volcanic activity shifted elsewhere.^[1] Large boulder ridges and solitary boulders on high cliffs suggest tectonic-related tsunamis.^[2]

References[]

^ Christman, Robert A. (January 1953). "Geology of St. Bartholomew, St. Martin, and Anguilla, Lesser Antilles". GSA Bulletin. 64 (1): 65–96. Bibcode:1953GSAB...64...85C. doi:10.1130/0016-7606(1953)64[85:GOSBSM]2.0.CO;2. Retrieved 2018-11-09.
^ Scheffers, Anja; Kelletat, Dieter (2006). "New Evidence and Datings of Holocene Paleo-Tsunami Events in the Caribbean (Barbados, St. Martin and Anguilla)". Caribbean Tsunami Hazard. pp. 178–202. doi:10.1142/9789812774613_0008. ISBN 978-981-256-535-8.

This Collectivité de Saint-Martin article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by .

This geology article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by .

[geoscienceworld-1] Christman, Robert A. (January 1953). "Geology of St. Bartholomew, St. Martin, and Anguilla, Lesser Antilles". GSA Bulletin. 64 (1): 65–96. Bibcode:1953GSAB...64...85C. doi:10.1130/0016-7606(1953)64[85:GOSBSM]2.0.CO;2. Retrieved 2018-11-09.

[worldscientific-2] Scheffers, Anja; Kelletat, Dieter (2006). "New Evidence and Datings of Holocene Paleo-Tsunami Events in the Caribbean (Barbados, St. Martin and Anguilla)". Caribbean Tsunami Hazard. pp. 178–202. doi:10.1142/9789812774613_0008. ISBN 978-981-256-535-8.

[1]

[2]

v t Geology of North America
Sovereign states	Antigua and Barbuda Bahamas Barbados Belize Canada Costa Rica Cuba Dominica Dominican Republic El Salvador Grenada Guatemala Haiti Honduras Jamaica Mexico Nicaragua Panama Saint Kitts and Nevis Saint Lucia Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Trinidad and Tobago United States
Dependencies and other territories	Anguilla Aruba Bermuda Bonaire British Virgin Islands Cayman Islands Curaçao Greenland Guadeloupe Martinique Montserrat Puerto Rico Saint Barthélemy Saint Martin Saint Pierre and Miquelon Saba Sint Eustatius Sint Maarten Turks and Caicos Islands United States Virgin Islands