Abstract
The northeastern Campeche Platform comprises on of the most important areas of the Gulf of Mexico-Caribbean Sea region in terms of geologic history. This large carbonate platform has been thought to be a rather stable feature in the foreland of the Northern Central American Orogen. Geophysical and geological studies have revealed that, in addition to the abrupt period of subsidence noted by several other authors, northeastern Campeche Platform has been faulted, tilted and become the locus of large depositional features during post-Cretaceous time. Investigations in the western Caribbean Sea suggest that a structural link between Cuba and the Yucatan Peninsula may exist and might date back to middle Paleozoic time. Sedimentary studies on the slope of the platform verify the work of Molinari (1968), indicating that the Yucatan Current has profound effects on sediment dispersal in this region.
Baie, Lyle Frederick (1970). Post-Cretaceous structures and sediment of the northeast Campache Platform, Gulf of Mexico. Doctoral dissertation, Texas A&M University. Texas A&M University. Libraries. Available electronically from
https : / /hdl .handle .net /1969 .1 /DISSERTATIONS -176775.