New age constraints on the timing of volcanism and tectonism in the northern Main Ethiopian Rift - southern Afar transition zone (Ethiopia)

Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research

Volumn 80, Issue 3-4, 1998, Pages 267-280

  Chernet, Tadiwos ^a   Hart, William K ^a   Aronson, James L ^b   Walter, Robert C ^c  

^a MIAMI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL HISTORY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAINOZOIC; GEOCHRONOLOGY; TECTONICS; VOLCANISM;

ETHIOPIA;

EID: 0031696588     PISSN: 03770273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0377-0273(97)00035-8     Document Type: Article

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