Published models for the plate tectonic evolution of the Western Indian Ocean suggest that the Southern Mascarene Basin opened by oceanic crustal accretion between the continental margins of southwestern India and southeastern ...

The western continental margin of India and the adjacent deep ocean basins were formed by break-up and separation among India, Seychelles and Madagascar since the Late Cretaceous. The initial India-Madagascar separation ...

Bathymetry of the southwestern continental margin of India reveals the presence of an anomalous terrace like feature in the mid-continental slope region off Trivandrum. The genesis of this terrace of large areal extent ...