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The Mesozoic Gondwana break-up was accompanied by the eruption of large volumes of igneous rocks during Jurassic to Cretaceous times. The oldest, Lower Jurassic volcanics cropout in South Africa (Karoo basalts) and East Antarctica (Ferrar province) and extruded in the southern part of the former sup...
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Summary: | The Mesozoic Gondwana break-up was accompanied by the eruption of large volumes of igneous rocks during Jurassic to Cretaceous times. The oldest, Lower Jurassic volcanics cropout in South Africa (Karoo basalts) and East Antarctica (Ferrar province) and extruded in the southern part of the former supercontinent (Duncan et al. 1997; Luttinen et al. 1998). Younger Jurassic to Cretaceous igenous rocks are also found in northern Mozambique/southern Malawi (Eby et |
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