Left-lateral strike-slip tectonics and gravity induced individualisation of wide continental blocks in the western Afar margin

Eclogae Geologicae Helvetiae

Volumn 92, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 149-158

  Chorowicz, Jean ^b   Collet, Bernard ^b   Bonavia, Franco ^b   Korme, Tesfaye ^a  

^a SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Alps; Brianconnais; Gravity tectonic; Releasing bend basin; Strike slip motion; Western Afar margin

Indexed keywords

GRAVITY; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT; TECTONICS;

ETHIOPIA;

EID: 0032727487     PISSN: 00129402     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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