Mid Atlantic ocean floor at outcrop | GEOExPro

The island of Maio, Cabo Verde, 600 km the west of Senegal, is the only place where Cretaceous mid-ocean floor of the distal Mauritania - Senegal - Guinea Bissau - Conakry (MSGBC) Basin is exposed, providing a unique opportunity to study the early stages of mid Atlantic opening at outcrop. The Basement Complex of Maio comprises...