New paleomagnetic and geochronologic results from Ethiopian Afar: Block rotations linked to rift overlap and propagation and determination of a ∼2 Ma reference pole for stable Africa

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 108, Issue 2, 2003, Pages

  Kidane, Tesfaye ^a,b   Courtillot, Vincent ^a   Manighetti, Isabelle ^a   Audin, Laurence ^a,c   Lahitte, Pierre ^a   Quidelleur, Xavier ^a   Gillot, Pierre Yves ^a   Gallet, Yves ^a   Carlut, Julie ^d   Haile, Tigistu ^b  

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

^b ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^c UNIVERSITÉ PAUL SABATIER   (France)

^d LABORATOIRE DE GÉOLOGIE   (France)

Author keywords

Afar tectonics; Block rotation; Inclination anomaly; Polarity timescale; Reference pole; Rift propagation and overlap

Indexed keywords

PALEOMAGNETISM; PLEISTOCENE; PLIOCENE; RIFTING; TECTONIC ROTATION; TECTONICS;

AFAR; ETHIOPIA;

EID: 0038605978     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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