Geology of Cuba / Геология Кубы

The monograph Geology of Cuba addresses different facets of Cuba’s geological knowledge: cartography, marine geology, fossil record, stratigraphy, tectonics, classification of its ophiolites, quaternary deposits, metallogeny, and minerageny. The contributions are not linked by a common thread, being free versions according to the scientific positions of the authors; therefore, logically, there are contradictory opinions in many cases. However, it is a fabulous scientific work that puts in the hands of the most diverse readers all the wealth of geological knowledge of Cuba, essential for any type of application, exploration, teaching, research, or patrimonial. In itself, it constitutes a notable contribution to the advancement of knowledge of the Geology of Cuba.
The evolution of geological cartography in Cuba in its more than 135 years of history has been possible through the consultation of numerous archival reports, publications, maps, and personal interviews with different authors and geologists of vast experience. A brief critical analysis is made of the increase in the degree of geological knowledge of the country since the elaboration of the Geological Sketch of the Cuban Island at a scale of 1:2000000 (Fernández de Castro y Salterain P 1883), first of Cuba and of Ibero-America, until the most recent Digital Geological Map of Cuba at scale 1:100000 (Pérez Aragón et al. 2016). It’s also briefly commented on the elaboration of some maps at detailed scales and the conditional surveys at scales 1:100000 and 1:50000 carried out in collaboration with the ex—Soviet Union and countries of the former Eastern European Socialist Field. Finally, the projection of the new geological mapping works at scale 1:50000 to be carried out throughout the national territory in the framework of the Geology Development Program until 2030 are briefly addressed. <...>

1 Geological Cartography of Cuba
Ramón Omar Pérez Aragón
2 Geology of the Marine Territory of Cuba
Miguel Cabrera Castellanos and Betsy Vázquez Gainza
3 Synthesis of Fossil Record of Cuba—A Bibliographic Compilation
Reinaldo Rojas Consuegra
4 Stratigraphy of Cuba 3
Evelio Linares Cala and Dora Elisa García Delgado
5 An Overview to the Tectonics of Cuba 9
Jorge Luis Cobiella Reguera
6 Geochemical Fingerprinting of Ancient Oceanic Basalts: Classification of the Cuban Ophiolites
Angelica Isabel Llanes Castro and Harald Furnes
7 Stratigraphy of the Quaternary Deposits in Cuba
Leandro L. Peñalver Hernández, Miguel Cabrera Castellanos, and Roberto Denis Valle
8 Mineral Systems of Cuba: A Panoramic Vision of Cuban Metallogeny
Jorge Luis Torres Zafra and Xiomara Cazañas Díaz
9 The Minerageny of Cuba
Waldo Lavaut Copa and Rolando Batista González