Figure 3
From: Temporal and structural evolution of the Early Palæogene rocks of the Seychelles microcontinent
Reconstructed tectonic evolution of Seychelles micro-continent during Early Palæogene via GPlates 1.5 software https://sourceforge.net/projects/gplates/files/gplates/1.5/ and the sample source data provided by Earthbyte for paleotectonic evolution https://www.earthbyte.org/gplates-1-5-software-and-data-sets/, and oceanic crust evolution https://www.earthbyte.org/age-spreading-rates-and-spreading-asymmetry-of-the-worlds-ocean-crust/. (a) Paleo-position of the Seychelles microcontinent next to western India at 67 Ma. (b) Rifting of the Seychelles from India. The paleo-orientation of trachyte tuff is parallel to the Coastal swarm around 65 Ma. (c) Continuous rifting and anticlockwise rotating of Seychelles around 63 Ma. (d) Cessation of Seychelles rotation around 60 Ma. The color bar marks the age of oceanic crust. The thin black lines marked the ridges within the West Somali basin and the Mascarene basin.
