Normal left-oblique fault mechanisms as an indication of sinistral deformation between the Nubia and Somalia Plates in the Main Ethiopian Rift

Journal of African Earth Sciences

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 359-367

  Ayele, A ^a,b  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEFORMATION; FAULTING; PLATE MOTION; TRIPLE JUNCTION;

ETHIOPIA;

EID: 0034533868     PISSN: 08995362     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0899-5362(00)00093-2     Document Type: Article

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