The tectonic and geomagnetic significance of paleomagnetic observations from volcanic rocks from central Afar, Africa

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 180, Issue 3-4, 2000, Pages 225-241

  Acton, Gary D ^a   Tessema, Abera ^b   Jackson, Michael ^c   Bilham, Roger ^d  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF ETHIOPIA   (Ethiopia)

^c University of Connecticut   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Magnetic field; Paleomagnetism; Reversals; Rifting; Tectonics

Indexed keywords

CRUSTAL DEFORMATION; EXTENSIONAL TECTONICS; MAGNETIC FIELD; MAGNETIC REVERSAL; PALEOMAGNETISM;

AFRICA;

EID: 0033843527     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0012-821X(00)00173-4     Document Type: Article

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