Gulf of Guinea 0NS 0EW

Steven Dutch, Natural and Applied Sciences, University of Wisconsin - Green Bay

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Scale: 1 pixel = 5 km. 5-degree grid; Mercator Projection, Center 00NS 00EW

Land Geology and Ocean Floor Ages Land Geology, Ocean Floor Ages, Seamounts and Volcanoes Land Geology, Ocean Floor Ages, and Bathymetry Topography and Bathymetry Topography, Bathymetry, Plate Boundaries and Faults Topography, Bathymetry, Seamounts and Volcanoes Topography, Bathymetry, Seamounts, Volcanoes, Plate Boundaries, Faults Bouguer Gravity Anomalies Free-Air Gravity Anomalies Isostatic Gravity Anomalies Depth to Moho

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Land Geology and Ocean Floor Ages

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Ocean Floor Ages

Tectonic Structures

Topography

Land Geology

Notes and References

Discussion

This is the re-entrant where South America split away from Africa. The one place the restored fit is not almost perfect is the corner, where the northeast tip of Brazil substantially overlaps Africa. In Brazil, Precambrian rocks come right to the coast, but in Africa, the misfit is the Niger Delta, underlain by Cenozoic and Mesozoic rocks. The Precambrian rocks in Africa are inland far enough to accommodate the tip of Brazil nicely.

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Created 11 April 2014, Last Update
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