Walter V. Maresch

TL;DR: In this article, a new classification and nomenclature scheme for the amphibole-supergroup minerals is described, based on the general formula AB 2 C 5 T 8 O 22 W 2.

TL;DR: In this article, the uplift and cooling history of arc and forearc terranes, and history of basin opening and subsidence, can be tied to stages of Caribbean plate motion in a coherent, internallyconsistent regional model.

TL;DR: In this paper, a 2D upper-mantle model 660 km deep and 2000 km wide was used to investigate the thermomechanical properties of the slab necking process and showed that the breakoff process is triggered by thermal diffusion on a time scale linearly dependent on heat conductivity.

TL;DR: In this article, eight recurring controversy regarding the primary foundations of models of Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean tectonic evolution are identified and examined, and the eight controversies are mainly due to the disconnect between different scales of thinking by different workers, a common but unfortunate problem in the geological profession.

TL;DR: In this article, a review of the evolution of experimental work on synthetic, end-member, iron-free glaucophane, Na2Mg3Al2SigO22(OH)2, leads to the conclusion that it is unlikely that an amphibole of this composition has yet been synthesized.