Displacements, strains, and rotations within the Afar depression (Djibouti) from restoration in map view

Tectonics

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 952-965

  Rouby, D ^a,b   Souriot, Th ^a   Brun, J P ^a   Cobbold, P R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE RENNES 1   (France)

^b PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLOCK ROTATION; FAULT DISPLACEMENT; STRAIN; TOPOGRAPHIC RESTORATION;

DJIBOUTI, AFAR DEPRESSION;

EID: 0030423639     PISSN: 02787407     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/96TC00849     Document Type: Article

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