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DOI	10.1016/j.earscirev.2019.01.018
	New starting point for the Indian Ocean: Second phase of breakup for Gondwana
	Thompson J.O.; Moulin M.; Aslanian D.; de Clarens P.; Guillocheau F.
发表日期	2019
ISSN	0012-9026
起始页码	26
结束页码	56
卷号	191
英文摘要	The amalgamation of Gondwana and its subsequent fragmentation has been a subject of several studies over the past five decades, yet the very important question of the initial geometry of the supercontinent remains enigmatic. Current reconstruction models of the Indian Ocean are characterized by large gaps, overlaps and misfits of major structural and Cratonic bodies in their fit, and positions of tectonic blocks that are inconsistent with field observations, a phenomenon sustained by inadequate data, long standing debates and a lack of consensus on the nature of major structures and basins in the ocean. Past attempts to reconstruct the initial fit of the ocean has led to varied and complex models, with their own logic and different geographical limits, whose validity and underlying assumptions require testing in the light of current global geological and geophysical data. Our analysis of these models and their consequences on the continental passive margins brings to the fore critical scientific questions and the incoherencies that exist between them. This paper presents a compressive study of the structure of the Precambrian basement, Paleozoic marginal and rift basins of the plates constituting the Indian Ocean, examining the architecture and geochronological composition of their composing Cratons and crustal blocks, and delineating important structural markers to juxtapose them in full-fit reconstructions. We introduce a new holistic model from Gondwana's initial geometry to Chron 34, achieved through a combination of onshore and offshore geological and geophysical data. Our new model is coherent with current data interpretations of major structures across the Indian Ocean. Consistent with the interpretation of the Beira High as continental crust, and recent seismic refraction interpretation of the Pamela MOZ3-5 expedition in the Northern Mozambique Ridge and Northern Natal Valley. The model also permits full extent of major cratonic, volcanic and sedimentary structures within the supercontinent, and presents a new synthesis upon which further work may be projected. © 2019
英文关键词	Amalgamation; Gondwana; Indian Ocean; Kinematic evolution; PanAfrican structures; Plate tectonics
语种	英语
scopus关键词	basement rock; continental breakup; geochronology; Gondwana; Pan African orogeny; passive margin; plate tectonics; Precambrian; tectonic reconstruction; tectonic setting; Indian Ocean; Mozambique Ridge; Dorcatragus megalotis
来源期刊	EARTH-SCIENCE REVIEWS
文献类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://gcip.llas.ac.cn/handle/2XKMVOVA/209935
作者单位	Laborataire de Géodynamique et d'enregistrements Sédimentaires (LGS), Institut Français de Recherche pour l'Exploration de la Mer (IFREMER), Plouzané, France; Total, Exploration Production/Géosciences/Projets Nouveaux/Expertise Géodynamique, 2, place de la Coupole - La Défense 6, Paris, 92078, France; Département des Geosciences, Université de Rennes 1/CNRS (UMR 6118), Rennes, France
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Thompson J.O.,Moulin M.,Aslanian D.,et al. New starting point for the Indian Ocean: Second phase of breakup for Gondwana[J],2019,191.
APA	Thompson J.O.,Moulin M.,Aslanian D.,de Clarens P.,&Guillocheau F..(2019).New starting point for the Indian Ocean: Second phase of breakup for Gondwana.EARTH-SCIENCE REVIEWS,191.
MLA	Thompson J.O.,et al."New starting point for the Indian Ocean: Second phase of breakup for Gondwana".EARTH-SCIENCE REVIEWS 191(2019).