The Toarcian-Bathonian succession of the Antsiranana Basin (NW Madagascar): Facies analysis and tectono-sedimentary history in the development of the East Africa-Madagascar conjugate margins

Journal of African Earth Sciences

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 21-38

  Papini, Mauro ^a   Benvenuti, Marco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Antsiranana Basin; Facies analysis; Gondwana rifting; Jurassic paleogeography; Madagascar; Stratigraphy

Indexed keywords

BASIN EVOLUTION; BATHONIAN; DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; FACIES ANALYSIS; GEODYNAMICS; GONDWANA; PALEOGEOGRAPHY; RIFTING; SANDSTONE; STRATIGRAPHY; TOARCIAN;

AFRICA; ANTSIRANANA; EAST AFRICA; INDIAN OCEAN; INDIAN OCEAN ISLANDS; MADAGASCAR; MOZAMBIQUE CHANNEL; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 41449107293     PISSN: 08995362     EISSN: 1464343X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jafrearsci.2007.11.003     Document Type: Article

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