Precambrian lithospheric controls on the development of the East African rift system

Geology

Volumn 30, Issue 8, 2002, Pages 755-758

  Nyblade, Andrew A ^a   Brazier, Richard A ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Archean Tanzania craton; East Africa; Rift system; Stress transmission

Indexed keywords

LITHOSPHERE;

EARTH ATMOSPHERE; SEISMOLOGY;

GEOLOGY;

ARCHEAN; CRATON; LITHOSPHERIC STRUCTURE; RIFT ZONE; SEISMIC DATA; STRESS; TECTONIC SETTING;

AFRICA;

EID: 0036693018     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/0091-7613(2002)030<0755:PLCOTD>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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