How did the islands of the Greater Antilles form?
How did the islands of the Greater Antilles form? See discussion of Antillean orogeny and Figure Florida 7 (both in the pdf) 2 points
(1) Entrance of the offshore part of the Florida platform into a subduction zone and collision with the island arc
(2) northward subduction of the Caribbean plate beneath North America
(3) Eruption of large volumes of flood basalts above a hotspot
(4) rifting of Laurentia and Gondwana during formation of the Gulf of Mexico
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