Altimetric anomalies in the Afro-Arab zone;Anomalies altimetriques de la zone afro-arabe

Eclogae Geologicae Helvetiae

Volumn 92, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 275-284

  Collet, Bernard ^a   Taud, Hind ^b   Parrot, Jean François ^a,c  

^a Departement de Geotectonique   (France)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^c INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

Author keywords

3D simulation; Afro Arab swell; DEM; Ethiopian plateau; Mantel plume; Rifting; Thermal Doming

Indexed keywords

ALTIMETRY; DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; DOME; MANTLE PLUME; RIFTING;

ETHIOPIA; YEMEN;

EID: 0033491151     PISSN: 00129402     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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