Location of the Loma Caribe peridotite massif in the Dominican Republic

Location of the Loma Caribe peridotite massif in the Cordillera Central of the Dominican Republic.

It represents remnants of oceanic lithosphere obducted and accreted to the North American margin during the final arc-continent collision in the middle-upper Eocene.

Author: Javier Escuder-Viruete
Picture owner: Javier Escuder-Viruete