Red Sea extension influenced by Pan-African tectonic grain in eastern Eritrea

Journal of Structural Geology

Volumn 22, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 931-946

  Ghebreab, Woldai ^a   Talbot, Christopher J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ASMARA   (Eritrea)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TECTONIC GRAINS;

DEFORMATION; METAMORPHIC ROCKS; TECTONICS;

STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

ESCARPMENT; FLEXURE; METAMORPHISM; RIFT ZONE; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; TECTONIC SETTING;

ERITREA; RED SEA;

EID: 0034045863     PISSN: 01918141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0191-8141(00)00022-5     Document Type: Article

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