Published online by Cambridge University Press: 01 May 2009
The geology of Jamaica compared with that of some areas of the earth's crust is neither very involved nor very difficult of interpretation. Considering the length of time that has elapsed since it was first studied and the easy accessibility of many parts of the island, it should be fairly well known and should form a key for the interpretation of the structure of the larger and less well-known islands of Haiti and Cuba, and also of Porto Rico and the smaller islands forming the group of the Greater Antilles.
page 422 note 1 Cockpit Country is the name given to an area in the north-western central part of Jamaica, but sinks of more or less cockpit-like shape are developed wherever the White Limestone forms plateaux or elevated tracts.Google Scholar
page 423 note 1 “Remarks on the Geology of Jamaica”: Trans. Geol. Soc. London, 1827, vol. ii, No. 36.Google Scholar
page 423 note 2 Haug, E., Traité de Géologie II. Periodes Géologiques, p. 1525.Google Scholar
page 424 note 1 Reports on the Geology of Jamaica: Sawkins, J. G., F.G.S., and others. Appendix by R, Etheridge, F.G.S., etc., 1869, p. 307.Google Scholar
page 424 note 2 Ibid., p. 152.
page 424 note 3 “The Geology and Physical Geography of Jamaica”: Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard, vol. xxxiv, 1899, p. 82.Google Scholar
page 424 note 4 Ibid., p. 123.
page 426 note 1 Loc. cit., p. 59.Google Scholar
page 427 note 1 Loc. cit., p. 129.Google Scholar
page 429 note 1 Dr. Matley suggested to me, what I had once or twice vaguely suspected, his opinion that the Richmond beds may possibly replace the Yellow Limestone in some parts, though in some areas, such as Glasgow in the extreme north-west, both the Richmond beds and the Yellow Limestone occur. It is to be hoped that further research both in the field and also on the fossils may assist in determining this question.Google Scholar