Opening of the Central Atlantic Ocean: Implications for Geometric Rifting and Asymmetric Initial Seafloor Spreading after Continental Breakup

Frauke Klingelhoefer, Geo-Ocean, Univ Brest, CNRS, Ifremer, UMR6538, Plouzané, France, Youssef Biari, IFREMER, Plouzané, France, Mohamed Sahabi, University of Chouaib doukkali, Department of Geology, El Jadida, Morocco, Thomas Funck, Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland, Copenhagen K, Denmark, Massinissa Benabdellouahed, Kibbutz Maabarot, Israel, Michael Schnabel, BGR, Hannover, Germany, Christian J Reichert, BGR Federal Institute for Geosciences and Natural Resources, Hannover, Germany, Marc-Andre Gutscher, CNRS & University of Brest, Lab Geosciences Ocean, Brest, France, Adrien Bronner, Institut de Physique du Globe, Strasbourg, France and James A Austin Jr, Univ TX Austin-Inst for Geophy, Austin, TX, United States