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Walch E. and Caymans R.J., Synthesis and properties of poly(butylenes terephthalate)-b-polyisobutylene segmented block copolymers, Polymer, 35, 636, 1994. 

According to the summary of the development of back-arc basins in the Cenozoic age by Tamaki and Honza (1991) (Figs. 3.3 and Fig. 3.4) and Kaiho and Saito (1994) (Fig. 3.5), many back-arc basins (Japan Sea, Kuri, Shikoku, Parece Vela, South China, Sulu, Makassar, Central Scotia, Cayman) widely and rapidly developed during 30-15 Ma. 

As discussed in sections 1.5.3, 2.3 and 2.4.1, the hydrothermal solutions both from back-arc basins and midoceanic ridges are dominantly of seawater origin. Therefore, the fluxes of hydrothermal solution are estimated from seawater cycling rate. This rate is considered to be equal to oceanic production rate times seawater/rock ratio. Kaiho and Saito (1994) estimated the crustal production rate at back-arc basins (Okinawa, Mariana, Andaman, Manus, Woodlark, North Fiji, Lau-Havre, East Scotia and Cayman) based on the spreading rate, thickness of crust and length of ridge axis. Their estimated oceanic crustal production rate is 8.5 x 10 km /m.y. which is roughly equal to 2.5 x lO g/m.y. 

Jones B (1995) Processes associated with microbial biofilms in the twilight zone of caves examples from the Cayman Islands. J Sediment Res A65 552-560... 

Cayman Islands All substances included in Tables I and II 7 September 1998... 

Roberts. Moore subtidai (no otner 10 to 12 feet Grand Cayman A (partry A ... 

Moore C.H., Jr. (1973) Intertidal carbonate cementation, Grand Cayman, West Indies. J. Sediment. Petrol. 43, 591-602. 

In the Cayman Islands, one of the largest offshore centers, the only government is the official "Tax Haven Commission." Law enforcement officers have absolutely no way of getting hold of bank records in such places. Repeatedly, they have identified the offshore centers as the place to look for dirty money. They have not been able to, because virtually all the centers are under British political protection (see below). 

Because the British suppliers of narcotics have ironclad control over offshore bank operations, American organized crime marketers of those narcotics have had a field day in the Cayman Islands and the Bahamas. American drag enforcement authorities know that most of the dirty money arising from the U.S. drag trade and related illegal activities ends up in the Bahamas. There has been, unfortunately, little public heat against the British officials who control the operations. 

This level of control reaches the flagrant. For example, the chief of all banking regulation and licensing in the Cayman Islands, a close third behind Hong Kong and Macao in the big league of dirty money, is one Mr. Benbow. Mr. Benbow is a retired official of Britain s National Westminster Bank, which shares two directors, J.A.F. Binny and R.J. Dent, with the... 

British banks. That is not to say that Panama is clean on the contrary, most of the funds derived from the Colombian trade in marijuana and cocaine are laundered through Panama, through the three large Colombian banks resident there. However, American banks have a measure of maneuvering room that they do not have in the Cayman Islands or the Bahamas, under the snooping eyes of the British authorities. 

After the cash is laundered through these nominally legitimate channels, it is transferred to offshore banking operations or their equivalent. Then, according to Drug Enforcement Administration officials, the funds take several trips around the world over the telex machines of offshore banks, passing through at least a half-dozen, and usually more, different bank accounts and corporate fronts, from the Caymans to Liechtenstein, from Liechtenstein to... 

Turtle farming has been attempted in the Cayman Islands, but with little success for the hawksbill. There has been much more success with green turtles, but although the shell is thicker than that of wild green turtles, the material is not of very good quality and it tends to crack. It also has a high salt content, which makes it imsuitable for moulding. 

Table 2 Representative analyses of MORBs. Kolbeinsey Ridge, northern EPR, and mid-Cayman Rise encompass much of the global range in extents and pressures of melting. Also shown are examples of an Indian Ocean MORE and composite analyses of a normal (N-MORB), a transitional (T-type) MORE, and an enriched (E-type) MORE from the MAR. 

Global range N-MORB Kolbeinsey ridge N. EPR N-MORB Mid-Cayman Rise ((high F, high P) left to (low F, low P) right) Indian Oc. MORB MAR N-MORB MAR T-MORB MAR E-MORB... 

Jones, B., 1989, Calcite rafts, peloids, and micrite in cave deposits from Cayman Brae, British West Indies, Can. Jour. Earth Scl, 26 654-664. 

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