There is an interesting paper that can accessed online as a PDF file and reviews the geology of the Seychelles as it related to the terminal Cretaceous Shiva Impact Theory, It is:
Plummer, P/, 1998, Seychelles Geology and the Shiva Impact Theory. Phelsuma. vol. 6, pp. 9-19. http://islandbiodiversity.com/Phelsuma6.htm https://web.archive.org/web/20150425215833/http://islandbiodiversity.com/Phelsuma6.htm Phelsuma - the NPTS scientific journal http://islandbiodiversity.com/issues.htm http://islandbiodiversity.com/index.htm More recent papers that either directly or indirectly concern geology and origin of the Seychelles are: Tucker, R. D., L.D. Ashwal, and T.H. Torsvik, 2001, U-Pb geochronology of Seychelles granitoids: a Neoproterozoic continental arc fragment. Earth and Planetary Science Letters. vol. 187, pp. 27-38 http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0012821X01002825 http://www.earthdynamics.org/torsvik/torsvik-papers/2001/2001-Tucker-etal-EPSL.pdf Torsvik, T. H., L. D. Ashwal, R. D. Tucker, and E. A. Eide, 2001, Neoproterozoic geochronology and palaeogeography of the Seychelles microcontinent: the India link. Precambrian Research. vol. 110, pp. 47–59 http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0301926801001802 http://www.earthdynamics.org/torsvik/torsvik-papers/2001/2001-Torsvik-Ashwall-etal-PrecambRes.pdf A Precambrian microcontinent in the Indian Ocean Trond H. Torsvik1,2,3,4,5*(, Hans Amundsen6, Ebbe H. Hartz1,7, Fernando Corfu4, Nick Kusznir8, Carmen Gaina1,2,4(, Pavel V. Doubrovine1,2(, Bernhard Steinberger1,2,9, Lewis D. Ashwal5 and Bjørn Jamtveit1 Nature Geoscience 6, 223–227 (2013) doi:10.1038/ngeo1736 http://www.nature.com/ngeo/journal/v6/n3/full/ngeo1736.html http://www.readcube.com/articles/10.1038%2Fngeo1736 Yours, Paul H. ______________________________________________ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteorite-list-archives.com Meteorite-list mailing list [email protected] https://pairlist3.pair.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
