Silicic central volcanoes as precursors to rift propagation: The Afar case

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 207, Issue 1-4, 2003, Pages 103-116

  Lahitte, Pierre ^a   Gillot, Pierre Yves ^a   Courtillot, Vincent ^a  

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

Author keywords

Aden Ridge; Afar; Geochronology; Red Sea Ridge; Rift propagation; Silicic volcanism

Indexed keywords

EMPLACEMENT; FAULT PROPAGATION; RIFTING; TECTONIC SETTING; TRIPLE JUNCTION; VOLCANISM;

AFRICA; ARABIAN SEA; EAST AFRICAN RIFT; GULF OF ADEN; RED SEA;

EID: 0037470413     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0012-821X(02)01130-5     Document Type: Article

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