Stress field changes in the Afro-Arabian rift system during the Miocene to Recent period

Tectonophysics

Volumn 278, Issue 1-4, 1997, Pages 47-62

  Bosworth, William ^a,c   Strecker, Manfred R ^b  

^a Marathon Petroleum Egypt Ltd   (Egypt)

^b UNIVERSITY OF POTSDAM   (Germany)

^c MARATHON OIL COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

Africa; Atrabia; Extensional tectonics; Paleostress; Rifting; Stress field

Indexed keywords

EXTENSION; NEOGENE; QUATERNARY; RIFT; STRESS FIELD;

EID: 0031425584     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0040-1951(97)00094-2     Document Type: Article

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