Reconstruction of the East Africa and Antarctica continental margins

• Published in: Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth
• Main Authors: Nguyen, LC, Hall, SA, Bird, DE, Ball, PJ
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: American Geophysical Union (AGU) 2016
• Subjects: GB Physical geography; Antarctic; Riiser-Larsen; Riiser-Larsen Sea; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: https://eprints.keele.ac.uk/id/eprint/6621/; https://eprints.keele.ac.uk/id/eprint/6621/1/Nguyen_etal_2016_Mozambique_Antarctica.pdf; https://doi.org/10.1002/2015JB012776

The Early Jurassic separation of Antarctica from Africa plays an important role in our understanding of the dispersal of Gondwana and Pangea. Previous reconstruction models contain overlaps and gaps in the restored margins that reflect difficulties in accurately delineating the continent-ocean-bound...