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U.S. Department of the Interior U.S. Geological Survey Geology of St. John, U.S. Virgin Islands U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER 1631 Prepared in cooperation with the National Park Service Cover. View of Trunk Bay on the northern coast of St. John, U.S. Virgin Islands. Trunk Cay is located just to the left of the shoreline. Along the skyline, from left to right, are Jost Van Dyke and Great Thatch Islands of the British Virgin Islands, and Mary Point, which is to the northeast on St. John. U.S. Department of the Interior U.S. Geological Survey Geology of St. John, U.S. Virgin Islands By Douglas W. Rankin U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER 1631 Prepared in cooperation with the National Park Service Stratigraphy, structure, and geologic history of St. John as related to the evolution of the northeastern corner of the Caribbean plate U.S. DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR GALE A. NORTON, Secretary U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY CHARLES G. GROAT, Director UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE, WASHINGTON : 2002 Published in the Eastern Region, Reston, Va. Manuscript approved for release March 26, 1998. Any use of trade, product, or firm names in this publication is for descriptive purposes only and does not imply endorsement by the U.S. Government. Copies of this report are for sale by: U.S. Geological Survey Information Services Box 25286, Federal Center Denver, CO 80225 or call the toll-free telephone number 1–888–ASK–USGS Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data Rankin, Douglas W., Geology of St. John, U.S. Virgin Islands / by Dougls W. Rankin. p. cm. — (U.S. Geological Survey professional paper ; 1631) Includes bibliographical references. 1. Geology—Virgin Islands—Saint John. I. Title. II. Geological Survey professional paper ; 1631. QE75 .P9 vol. 1631 [QE226.V] 557.3 s—dc21 [557.297’22]