A revised fit of East and West Gondwanaland

• Published in: Tectonophysics
• Main Authors: Powell, C. Mc A, Johnson, B. D., Veevers, J. J.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 1980
• Subjects: Weddell Sea; East Antarctica; Weddell; Falkland Plateau; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: https://researchers.mq.edu.au/en/publications/fc0fac1c-5af4-4230-9e2d-beeb827df541; https://doi.org/10.1016/0040-1951(80)90105-5; http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=0038306790&partnerID=8YFLogxK

Recently available evidence provides the basis for a revised fit between East and West Gondwanaland before break-up in the Late Jurassic: deep-sea drilling shows that the entire Falkland Plateau is probably underlain by continental crust, marine geophysical studies off southeast Africa indicate larg...