Current plate motions across the Red Sea

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 135, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 313-328

  Chu, Dezhi ^a   Gordon, Richard G ^a  

^a RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Plate motion; Red Sea; Seafloor spreading

Indexed keywords

PLATE MOTION; SEAFLOOR SPREADING;

RED SEA;

EID: 0032423864     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-246X.1998.00658.x     Document Type: Article

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