Plio-Quaternary volcanotectonic activity in the northern sector of the Main Ethiopian Rift: Relationships with oblique rifting

Journal of African Earth Sciences

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 679-698

  Boccaletti, Mario ^a   Mazzuoli, Roberto ^b   Bonini, Marco ^c   Trua, Teresa ^b   Abebe, Bekele ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^c CNR   (Italy)

^d ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEFORMATION; QUATERNARY; RIFT ZONE; TECTONICS; TERTIARY; VOLCANISM;

AFRICA;

EID: 0033510575     PISSN: 08995362     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0899-5362(99)00124-4     Document Type: Article

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