Evidence for motion between Nubia and Somalia along the Southwest Indian ridge

Nature

Volumn 398, Issue 6722, 1999, Pages 64-67

  Chu, Dezhi ^a,b   Gordon, Richard G ^a  

^a RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b EXXONMOBIL UPSTREAM RESEARCH COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PLATE MOTION; RIFTING;

ARTICLE; GEOGRAPHY; GEOLOGY; NATURAL SCIENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOMALIA;

AFRICA;

NUBIAN; SOMALIA;

EID: 0033522122     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/18014     Document Type: Article

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