1985-1999 gravity field variations across the Asal Rift: Insights on vertical movements and mass transfer

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 208, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 41-49

  Ballu, Valérie ^a   Diament, Michel ^a   Briole, Pierre ^a   Ruegg, Jean Claude ^b  

^a INSTITUT DE PHYSIQUE DU GLOBE DE PARIS   (France)

^b UMR 7578   (France)

Author keywords

Asal Rift; Geodesy; Microgravity; Temporal variations

Indexed keywords

GEODESY; GRAVITY FIELD; MASS TRANSFER; RIFT ZONE; TEMPORAL VARIATION; VOLCANO;

ASAL RIFT; DJIBOUTI;

EID: 0037443664     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0012-821X(03)00002-5     Document Type: Article

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