Red sea detachment and basement core complexes in Eritrea

Geology

Volumn 25, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 655-658

  Talbot, Christopher J ^a   Ghebreab, Woldai ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEOLOGY;

BRITTLE DETACHMENT; COASTAL LOWLAND; CORE COMPLEX; FAULT BLOCKS; MYLONITES; OLIGOCENE; RED SEA; REGIONAL SCALE;

LEVEES;

ADIABATIC PROCESS; BASEMENT ROCK; BRITTLE FRACTURE; DETACHMENT FAULT; DETACHMENT FOLD; DUCTILITY; EXHUMATION; EXTENSION; BASEMENT CORE COMPLEX; DETACHMENT; MYLONITE; RIFT;

ERITREA; RED SEA;

EID: 0030774212     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/0091-7613(1997)025<0655:RSDABC>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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