The Somalia plate and the East African Rift System: present‐day kinematics

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 116, Issue 3, 1994, Pages 637-654

  Jestin, F ^a   Huchon, P ^a   Gaulier, J M ^b  

^a ECOLE NORMALE SUPÉRIEURE   (France)

^b IFP ENERGIES NOUVELLES   (France)

Author keywords

Africa; Antarctic; inversion; Red Sea; rifts; tectonics; triple junction

Indexed keywords

ANTARCTIC PLATE; ARABIAN PLATE; INVERSION; PLATE MOTION; SOMALIA PLATE; TRIPLE JUNCTION;

AFRICA, EAST AFRICAN RIFT;

EID: 0028195390     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: 1365246X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.1994.tb03286.x     Document Type: Article

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