Propagation of rifting along the Arabia-Somalia plate boundary: The Gulfs of Aden and Tadjoura

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 102, Issue B2, 1997, Pages 2681-2710

  Manighetti, Isabelle ^a   Tapponnier, Paul ^a   Courtillot, Vincent ^a   Gruszow, Sylvie ^a   Gillot, Pierre Yves ^b  

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

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SACLAY   (France)

Author keywords

Chemical ionization; EGDN; FT ICR; PETN

Indexed keywords

OBLIQUE TRANSFER; RIFT PROPAGATION; RIFTING; TECTONIC EVOLUTION;

ARABIAN SEA, GULF OF ADEN; ARABIAN SEA, GULF OF TADJOURA;

EID: 0030862732     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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