[CarrotAndStick]

Of interest, ping?

[blam]

Thanks

"“This plateau was created by a massive volcanic eruption shortly after India and Antarctica separated about 120 million years ago to form the Indian Ocean,” said geophysicist Karsten Gohl. "

That's a long time ago. Africa and South America had just begun to seperate at that time. They've been moving apart at about the same rate as your fingernails grow ever since.