“…1, Curray, 2005). They have been described as rift basins (Hall and Morley, 2004;Jha et al, 2010), like numerous other Cenozoic basins across Sundaland (Polachan et al, 1991;Morley et al, 2001;Morley, 2002;Hall and Morley, 2004;Doust and Noble, 2008) and accordingly comprise a sedimentation history that is linked to typical rift stages (Doust and Noble, 2007;Doust and Sumner, 2008;Jha et al, 2010). The formation of the East Andaman Basin and the Mergui Basin results from backarc-related extensional tectonics, active throughout the area (Chakraborty and Khan, 2009;Curray, 2005).…”