On The Agulhas Magsat Anomaly: Implications For Continental Breakup Of Gondwana

The Agulhas anomaly is a prominant intense satellite magnetic anomaly situated off the southeastern coast of Africa. The anomaly is clearly identifiable on all published satellite magnetic anomely maps (Regen et al., 1975; Langel et al., 1982; Hastings, 1982; Hahn et al., 1984; Yanagisawa and Kono, 1985; Arkani-Hamed and Strangway, 1985; Kuhn and Zaaiman, 1986). Implicit in the publication of a global satellite magnetic anomaly map is that the data represent magnetic responses from magnetic mineral concentrations originating within the crust and/or upper-mantle.