Kinematics of the Danakil microplate

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 203, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 607-620

  Eagles, Graeme ^a,b   Gloaguen, Richard ^a   Ebinger, Cynthia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Afar depression; Microplates; Plate tectonics; Red Sea

Indexed keywords

HORST; KINEMATICS; MICROPLATE; PLATE MOTION; PLATE TECTONICS;

AFRICA; RED SEA;

EID: 0037202081     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0012-821X(02)00916-0     Document Type: Article

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