Evolution of the South Atlantic: Consequences for the Walvis Ridge/Rio Grande Rise (hot spot?) volcanism

• Main Authors: Jokat, Wilfried, Planert, L., Fromm, Tanja, Ryberg, Trond, Weber, Michael, Behrmann, Jan
• Format: Conference Object
• Language: unknown
• Published: 2012
• Subjects: Antarc*; Antarctica; East Antarctica
• Online Access: https://epic.awi.de/id/eprint/30942/; https://hdl.handle.net/10013/epic.39836

Abstract The evolution of the South Atlantic in space and time is in general presented as a two plate system, where the separation of the two continent might be caused by the Tristan Hotspot. Evidence for massive subaerial and submarine volcanism is found on both margins and adjacebt basins. Namely,...