Denudation history of the Bocaina Plateau, Serra do Mar, southeastern Brazil: Relationships to Gondwana breakup and passive margin development

ST Hiruma, C Riccomini, MC Modenesi-Gauttieri… - Gondwana …, 2010 - Elsevier
The Bocaina Plateau, which is situated on the eastern flank of the continental rift of
southeastern Brazil, is the highest part of the Serra do Mar. Topographic relief in this area is …

Formation and composition of rhabdophane, bastnäsite and hydrated thorium minerals during alteration: Implications for geochronology and low-temperature …

A Berger, E Gnos, E Janots, A Fernandez, J Giese - Chemical Geology, 2008 - Elsevier
An investigation of accessory minerals in plutonic rocks from central Madagascar reveals
local very low-grade alteration of the primary REE and Th-bearing phases monazite ((LREE …

Cenozoic dynamic topography of Madagascar

SN Stephenson, NJ White, A Carter… - Geochemistry …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
It has been proposed that Oligo‐Miocene regional uplift of Madagascar was generated and
is maintained by mantle dynamical processes. Expressions of regional uplift include flat …

Active tectonics of the Alaotra–Ankay Graben System, Madagascar: possible extension of Somalian–African diffusive plate boundary?

TM Kusky, E Toraman, T Raharimahefa… - Gondwana …, 2010 - Elsevier
The Lake Alaotra–Ankay rift valley of Central Madagascar forms a NE–SW oriented
depression filled with Neogene to recent sediments and is part of a more regional post …

Madagascar's climate at the K/P boundary and its impact on the island's biotic suite

M Ohba, KE Samonds, M LaFleur, JR Ali… - Palaeogeography …, 2016 - Elsevier
Abstract The K/P boundary, 66 Ma, was a critical time in the history of the planet's biota. On
the island of Madagascar, few Late Cretaceous species survived the associated extinction …

Maturity and petroleum systems modelling in the offshore Zambezi Delta depression and Angoche Basin, northern Mozambique

ES Mahanjane, D Franke, R Lutz… - Journal of Petroleum …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Petroleum systems analysis and maturity modelling is used to predict the timing and
locations of hydrocarbon generation in the underexplored offshore Zambezi Delta …

Polyphase Neoproterozoic orogenesis within the East Africa–Antarctica Orogenic Belt in central and northern Madagascar

RM Key, PEJ Pitfield, RJ Thomas… - Geological Society …, 2011 - lyellcollection.org
Our recent geological survey of the basement of central and northern Madagascar allowed
us to re-evaluate the evolution of this part of the East Africa–Antarctica Orogen (EAAO). Five …

India–Madagascar paleo-fit based on flexural isostasy of their rifted margins

RT Ratheesh-Kumar, C Ishwar-Kumar, BF Windley… - Gondwana …, 2015 - Elsevier
The present study contributes new constraints on, and definitions of, the reconstructed plate
margins of India and Madagascar based on flexural isostasy along the Western Continental …

Retreat of the Great Escarpment of Madagascar From Geomorphic Analysis and Cosmogenic 10Be Concentrations

Y Wang, SD Willett, D Wu… - Geochemistry …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
The eastern margin of Madagascar has a prominent relief change from the flat coastal plain
to the low‐relief high plateau, characterizing a typical great escarpment topography at a …

The Great Rift Valley of Madagascar: an extension of the Africa–Somali diffusive plate boundary?

TM Kusky, E Toraman, T Raharimahefa - Gondwana Research, 2007 - Elsevier
Madagascar rifted from Gondwana in two stages, starting its separation from the Somali
coast of Africa some 160 million years ago, and following up with a break from India and the …