Gondwana break‐up controlled by tectonic inheritance and mantle plume activity: insights from Natal rift development (South Mozambique, Africa)

• Published in: Terra Nova
• Main Authors: Roche, V., Leroy, S., Revillon, Sidonie, Guillocheau, F., Ruffet, G., Vétel, W.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley 2022
• Subjects: Grunehogna; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00754/86640/92087.pdf; https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00754/86640/92088.pdf; https://doi.org/10.1111/ter.12590; https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00754/86640/

The breakup of Eastern Gondwana started during the Early Jurassic with the separation of Antarctica and Madagascar from Africa. While margins architecture has been described along the Western Somalia Basin and the central Mozambique, the spatial extent of rifting further south – i.e. the Natal Valle...