Leeward Antilles

Leeward Antilles

(also of the Lesser Antilles) to the northeast.

Largely lacking in volcanic activity, the Leeward Antilles island arc occurs along the deformed southern edge of the Caribbean Plate and was formed by the plate's subduction under the South American Plate. Recent studies indicate that the Leeward Antilles are accreting to South America.

Islands

The Leeward Antilles comprise (roughly from west to east):

* ABC islands:
** Aruba
** Curaçao (Netherlands Antilles)
** Bonaire (Netherlands Antilles)

* Venezuelan archipelago:
** Las Aves
** Los Roques
** La Orchilla
** La Blanquilla
** Los Hermanos
** Los Testigos

Though nearby, Isla Margarita is not included in this island group.

References

* Levander, Alan, et al. 2006 (28 February). Evolution of the Southern Caribbean Plate Boundary. ( [http://www.agu.org/pubs/crossref/2006/2006EO090001.shtml abstract] ; [http://www.ceri.memphis.edu/people/mmagnani/webpage/EOS_Article.pdf article] ) "Eos, Transactions, American Geophysical Union", 87(9): 97,100.
* Levander, Alan, et al. 2006 (accessed 27 August). [http://terra.rice.edu/department/research/alan1/SECAR/Northeastern_Venezuela.htm Collaborative Research: Crust-Mantle Interactions During Continental Growth and High-Pressure Rock Exhumation at an Oblique Arc-Continent Collision Zone: Geology of Northeastern Venezuela] . [http://terra.rice.edu/department/research/alan1/alan2a.html.bak SE Caribbean Plate Boundary Continental Dynamics Project] . Houston, TX: Rice University.


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