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  <dc:contributor>Carol M. Wicks</dc:contributor>
  <dc:contributor>J. Mylroie</dc:contributor>
  <dc:contributor>J. Troester</dc:contributor>
  <dc:contributor>E.C. Alexander Jr.</dc:contributor>
  <dc:contributor>J.L. Carew</dc:contributor>
  <dc:creator>E.F. Frank</dc:creator>
  <dc:date>1998</dc:date>
  <dc:description>Isla de Mona is a carbonate island located in the Mona Passage 68 km west of Puerto Rico. The tectonically uplifted island is 12 km by 5 km, with an area of 55 km2, and forms a raised flat-topped platform or meseta. The meseta tilts gently to the south and is bounded by near vertical cliffs on all sides. These cliffs rise from 80 m above sea level on the north to 20 m above the sea on the southern coast. Along the southwestern and western side of the island a three- to six-meter-high Pleistocene fossil reef abuts the base of the cliff to form a narrow coastal plain. The meseta itself consists of two Mio-Pliocene carbonate units, the lower Isla de Mona Dolomite and the upper Lirio Limestone. Numerous karst features, including a series of flank margin caves primarily developed at the Lirio Limestone/Isla de Mona Dolomite contact, literally ring the periphery of the island.</dc:description>
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  <dc:language>en</dc:language>
  <dc:publisher>National Speleological Society</dc:publisher>
  <dc:title>Geology of Isla de Mona, Puerto Rico</dc:title>
  <dc:type>article</dc:type>
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