FN Archimer Export Format PT J TI The offshore east african rift system: new insights from the sakalaves seamounts (Davie Ridge, SW Indian Ocean) BT AF COURGEON, Simon BACHELERY, Patrick JOUET, Gwenael JORRY, Stephan BOU, Esther BOUDAGHER-FADEL, Marcelle K. REVILLON, Sidonie CAMOIN, Gilbert POLI, Emmanuelle AS 1:1,2,3;2:4;3:3;4:3;5:4;6:5;7:6;8:2;9:7; FF 1:PDG-REM-GM-LGS;2:;3:PDG-REM-GM-LGS;4:PDG-REM-GM-LGS;5:;6:;7:;8:;9:; C1 Univ Geneva, Dept Earth Sci, Rue Maraichers 13, CH-1205 Geneva, Switzerland. Aix Marseille Univ, CNRS, Coll France, IRD,CEREGE, Aix En Provence, France. IFREMER, Unite Geosci Marines, Plouzane, France. Univ Clermont Auvergne, CNRS, Lab Magmas & Volcans, IRD,OPGC, Clermont- Ferrand, France. UCL, Earth Sci, London, England. IUEM, SEDISOR UMR 6538, Lab Geosci Oceans, Plouzane, France. CSTJF, TOTAL Explorat & Prod, Pau, France. C2 UNIV GENEVA, SWITZERLAND UNIV AIX MARSEILLE, FRANCE IFREMER, FRANCE UNIV CLERMONT AUVERGNE, FRANCE UNIV COLL LONDON, UK UBO, FRANCE TOTAL, FRANCE SI BREST SE PDG-REM-GM-LGS UM LGO IN WOS Ifremer jusqu'en 2018 copubli-france copubli-europe copubli-univ-france copubli-int-hors-europe IF 2.464 TC 27 UR https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00452/56344/57934.pdf LA English DT Article CR PAMELA-MOZ01 PAMELA-MOZ04 PTOLEMEE BO L'Atalante Pourquoi pas ? AB The offshore branch of the East African Rift System (EARS) has developed during late Cenozoic time along the eastern Africa continental margin. While Neogene–Pleistocene extensional tectonic deformation has been evidenced along the northern segment of the Davie Ridge, the spatial extent of deformation further south remains poorly documented. Based on recent and various oceanographic data sets (bathymetric surveys, dredge samples and seismic profiles), our study highlights active normal faulting, modern east–west extensional tectonic deformation and Late Cenozoic alkaline volcanism at the Sakalaves Seamounts (18°S, Davie Ridge) that seem tightly linked to the offshore EARS development. In parallel, rift‐related tectonic subsidence appears responsible for the drowning of the Sakalaves Miocene shallow‐water carbonate platform. Our findings bring new insights regarding the development of the EARS offshore branch and support recent kinematic models proposing the existence of a plate boundary across the Mozambique Channel. PY 2018 PD OCT SO Terra Nova SN 0954-4879 PU Wiley VL 30 IS 5 UT 000444965600007 BP 380 EP 388 DI 10.1111/ter.12353 ID 56344 ER EF