Quaternary oblique extensional tectonics in the Ethiopian Rift (Horn of Africa)

Tectonophysics

Volumn 287, Issue 1-4, 1998, Pages 97-116

  Boccaletti, Mario ^a   Bonini, Marco ^b   Mazzuoli, Roberto ^c   Abebe, Bekele ^d   Piccardi, Luigi ^b   Tortorici, Luigi ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^b CNR   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^d ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Ethiopian Rift; Fault slip data; Landsat imagery; Oblique rifting; Structural analysis

Indexed keywords

FAULT PATTERN; QUATERNARY TECTONICS;

ETHIOPIA, ETHIOPIAN RIFT;

EID: 0031844520     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0040-1951(98)80063-2     Document Type: Article

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