Comment on 'A new scheme for the opening of the South Atlantic Ocean and the dissection of an Aptian salt basin' by Trond H. Torsvik, Sonia Rousse, Cinthia Labails and Mark A. Smethurst

• Published in: Geophysical Journal International
• Main Authors: Aslanian, D., Moulin, M.
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford University Press 2010
• Subjects: Geodynamics and Tectonics; Sonia; South Atlantic Ocean
• Online Access: http://gji.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/short/183/1/20; https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-246X.2010.04727.x

Torsvik et al. recently presented a revised model for the opening of the South Atlantic Ocean. According to these authors, this new plate tectonic model is internally consistent and consistent with globally balanced plate motion solutions and takes into account realistic intraplate deformation. Howe...