Propagation of rifting along the Arabia-Somalia plate boundary: Into Afar

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 103, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 4947-4974

  Manighetti, I ^a   Tapponnier, P ^a   Gillot, P Y ^b   Jacques, E ^a   Courtillot, V ^a   Armijo, R ^a   Ruegg, J C ^a   King, G ^a  

^a INSTITUT DE PHYSIQUE DU GLOBE DE PARIS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SACLAY   (France)

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EID: 0000589467     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/97jb02758     Document Type: Article

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