Structure and early evolution of the Arabian Sea and East Somali Basin

• Published in: Geophysical journal international Vol. 134; no. 3; pp. 876 - 888
• Main Authors: Miles, P. R., Munschy, M., Ségoufin, J.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford, UK Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01.09.1998
• Subjects: Anomalies; Arabian Sea; aseismic ridge; Basements; Basins; continental margins; gravity anomalies; magnetic anomalies; Position (location); Ridges; Sea beds; sea‐floor spreading; Somalia; Spreading

The Laxmi Ridge is a large‐scale basement high buried beneath the sediments of the Indus Fan. The location of the ocean–continent transition (OCT) on this margin has previously been proposed at either the southern edge of the Laxmi Ridge or beyond it towards the India–Pakistan shelf. The former expl...