New age constraints on the timing of volcanism in central Afar, in the presence of propagating rifts

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 108, Issue 2, 2003, Pages

  Lahitte, Pierre ^a   Gillot, Pierre Yves ^a   Kidane, Tesfaye ^a   Courtillot, Vincent ^a   Bekele, Abebe ^b  

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

^b ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

Afar; Ethiopia; Geochronology; K Ar dating; Rift propagation; Volcanism

Indexed keywords

GEOCHRONOLOGY; POTASSIUM-ARGON DATING; RIFTING; VOLCANISM;

AFAR; ETHIOPIA;

EID: 0038268712     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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