How Caribbean islands arc was formed

Tuesday, August 21, 2012 - 17:00 in Earth & Climate

The movement of Earth's viscous mantle against South America has pushed the Caribbean islands east over the last 50 million years, according to a study published Monday in the journal Nature Geoscience.

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