North Namibia margin : regional tectonic evolution based on integrated analysis of seismic reflection and potential field data and modelling

• Main Author: Sakariassen, Rune
• Other Authors: Assoc. Prof. Filippos Tsikalas & Prof. Jan Inge Faleide
• Format: Master Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: 2007
• Subjects: petroleum geofysikk tektonikk potensiell data feltdata Namibia marginen seismikk; VDP::450; Austin; Tristan; South Atlantic Ocean
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10852/12456; http://urn.nb.no/URN:NBN:no-18349

Rifting of the Paleozoic Gondwana supercontinent during Mesozoic time ended eventually with the breakup of Africa and South America, leading to passive margin formation and to the creation of the South Atlantic Ocean (e.g. Karner & Driscoll, 1999; Mohriak et al., 2002). Rifting began in the sout...