『Abstract
Among petroliferous regions of the world, a specific place is
occupied by sedimentary basins confined to continental margins
at the eastern periphery of the Pacific Ocean and in the Caribbean
Sea. In the Cenozoic and Quaternary, this region was dominated
by tectonic activity manifested as compression, movements along
large fault systems (primarily, strike-slip faults), formation
of mountain chains, appearance of thick accretion prisms and foothills,
and development of volcanism at certain stages. The petroliferous
structures of the region are mainly represented by fore-arc sedimentary
basins complicated in some places by fore- and backdeeps. 』
(Introduction)
The Pacific segment
The Caribbean segment
Conclusions
References