Madagascar’s Escape from Africa: New Constraints and Understanding for Plate Tectonic Reconstructions

Jordan Jerad John Phethean1, Richard J Davies2, Jeroen Van Hunen3, Lara M Kalnins4 and Kenneth J W McCaffrey3, (1)University of Durham, Durham, United Kingdom, (2)Newcastle University, Newcastle Upon Tyne, United Kingdom, (3)University of Durham, Department of Earth Sciences, Durham, United Kingdom, (4)University of Edinburgh, School of GeoSciences, Edinburgh, EH9, United Kingdom