Lithospheric extension northwest of the Central African Shear Zone in Sudan from potential field studies

Tectonophysics

Volumn 255, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 79-97

  Ibrahim, A E ^a,b   Ebinger, C J ^a   Fairhead, J D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b Geol Res Authority of the Sudan   (Sudan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EXTENSION; GRAVITY DATA; LITHOSPHERE; RIFT BASIN; SUBSURFACE GEOMETRY;

SUDAN, CENTRAL AFRICAN SHEAR ZONE;

EID: 0029752453     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0040-1951(95)00080-1     Document Type: Article

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