Malagasy Orogeny

Malagasy Orogeny is the name given to the Ediacaran to Cambrian orogeny that resulted as India collided with the already amalgamated African continent that consisted of Azania and the Congo-Tanzania-Bangweulu Block.[1] The orogeny affects the parts of the East African Orogen[2] that are now found in southern India, Madagascar and central Arabia.

References

  1. ↑ Collins and Pisarevsky (2005) Amalgamating eastern Gondwana: The evolution of the Circum-Indian Orogens. Earth Science Reviews, 71, 229-270
  2. ↑ Stern, R. J. (1994) Neoproterozoic (900-550 Ma) Arc Assembly and continental collision in the East African Orogen. Annual Review of Earth and Planetary Sciences, 22, 319-351
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