Continental tapering of South America caused asymmetric non-uniform opening of the South Atlantic Ocean

Westward drifting and southward tapering of the South American continent have modulated the asymmetry and non-uniformity in South Atlantic opening, according to analytical modelling informed by geological and geophysical data

Bibliographic Details
Published in:Communications Earth & Environment
Main Author: Dengliang Gao
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2022
Subjects:
geo
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s43247-022-00587-3
https://doaj.org/article/4ae1eeaf56ec4145901afce50aa045fa
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Summary:Westward drifting and southward tapering of the South American continent have modulated the asymmetry and non-uniformity in South Atlantic opening, according to analytical modelling informed by geological and geophysical data