FN Archimer Export Format PT J TI Gondwana break‐up controlled by tectonic inheritance and mantle plume activity: insights from Natal rift development (South Mozambique, Africa) BT AF Roche, V. Leroy, S. Revillon, Sidonie Guillocheau, F. Ruffet, G. Vétel, W. AS 1:1;2:1;3:2,5;4:3;5:3;6:4; FF 1:;2:;3:;4:;5:;6:; C1 Sorbonne Université CNRS, Institut des Sciences de la Terre de Paris, ISTeP Paris, France Sedisor/LGO‐IUEM Brest, France Univ Rennes, CNRS, Géosciences Rennes, UMR 6118, 35000 Rennes, France TotalEnergies Exploration et Production Pau, France Sedisor/LGO‐IUEM Brest, France C2 CNRS, FRANCE SEDISOR, FRANCE UNIV RENNES, FRANCE TOTAL ENERGIES, FRANCE UBO, FRANCE UM GEO-OCEAN IN WOS Cotutelle UMR copubli-france copubli-univ-france IF 2.4 TC 1 UR https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00754/86640/92087.pdf https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00754/86640/92088.pdf LA English DT Article CR PAMELA : PASSIVE MARGINS EXPLORATION LABORATORIES PAMELA-MOZ03 PAMELA-MOZ05 BO Pourquoi pas ? AB The breakup of Eastern Gondwana started during the Early Jurassic with the separation of Antarctica and Madagascar from Africa. While margins architecture has been described along the Western Somalia Basin and the central Mozambique, the spatial extent of rifting further south – i.e. the Natal Valley – remains poorly documented. Seismic reflection profiles interpretation, 40Ar/39Ar ages and isotopic data show the existence of a plume related magma-rich margin – the Natal segment – characterized by a large volume of seaward dipping reflectors inferred to be basalts. In particular, the contrast in lithosphere rheology, probably caused by a Meso-Neoproterozoic belt between the Kaapval and Grunehogna Archean cratons, favored extension and upwelling from a deep mantle thermomechanical anomaly, the so-called Karoo superplume that started at around 180 Ma. Further, the presence of stretched continental crust at around 30°S implies a more southerly position of Antarctica which will need to be considered in future kinematic models. PY 2022 PD AUG SO Terra Nova SN 0954-4879 PU Wiley VL 34 IS 4 UT 000770302700001 BP 290 EP 304 DI 10.1111/ter.12590 ID 86640 ER EF