Secular and tidal strain across the main ethiopian rift

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 26, Issue 18, 1999, Pages 2789-2792

  Bilham, Roger ^a   Bendick, R ^a   Larson, K ^a,b   Mohr, P ^c,f   Braun, J ^a,d   Tesfaye, S ^a   Asfaw, L ^e,g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b UCB 450   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ASMARA   (Eritrea)

^d University of Connecticut   (United States)

^e ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^f University of Colorado ^*  (Ireland)

^g Geophysical Observatory   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; LASER APPLICATIONS; RANGE FINDING; STRAIN RATE; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; TIDES; FAULTING; LITHOLOGY;

LASER RANGING; RIFTING;

TECTONICS; STRAIN RATE;

CRUSTAL DEFORMATION; GPS; LITHOSPHERIC STRUCTURE; PLATE MOTION; PLATE TECTONICS; RIFT ZONE; STRAIN RATE;

ETHIOPIA;

COMBINATION OF LASERS; CONTINENTAL LITHOSPHERE; LATE QUATERNARY; MAIN ETHIOPIAN RIFT; MAXIMUM SURFACE STRAIN; MECHANICAL CONFIGURATIONS; PLATE BOUNDARIES; STRAIN FIELDS;

EID: 0033568899     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1998GL005315     Document Type: Article

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