The Tana basin, Ethiopia: Intra-plateau uplift, rifting and subsidence

Tectonophysics

Volumn 295, Issue 3-4, 1998, Pages 351-367

  Chorowicz, J ^a   Collet, B ^a   Bonavia, F F ^a   Mohr, P ^b   Parrot, J F ^a   Korme, T ^c  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ASMARA   (Eritrea)

^c ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

Afar plume; Ethiopia; Lake Tana; Triple junction

Indexed keywords

BASIN EVOLUTION; RIFTING; SUBSIDENCE; TRIPLE JUNCTION; UPLIFT;

ETHIOPIA;

EID: 0032532844     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0040-1951(98)00128-0     Document Type: Article

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