The Amirante Ridge and Trench System in the Indian Ocean: the southern termination of the NW Indian subduction

The Amirante Ridge and Trench System forms a 600-km-long arcuate structure in the Mascarene Basin (Indian Ocean), whose origin remains enigmatic. Here, I provide a paleogeographic reconstruction of the NW India margin for the Late Cretaceous–Paleocene interval, compiling information from ophiolites...

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Main Author: Rodriguez, Mathieu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Académie des sciences 2020-12-01
Series:Comptes Rendus. Géoscience
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Online Access:https://comptes-rendus.academie-sciences.fr/geoscience/articles/10.5802/crgeos.40/