Why did Arabia separate from Africa? Insights from 3-D laboratory experiments

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 216, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 365-381

  Bellahsen, N ^a,b   Faccenna, C ^c   Funiciello, F ^c   Daniel, J M ^a   Jolivet, L ^b  

^a IFP ENERGIES NOUVELLES   (France)

^b SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^c ROMA TRE UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

Author keywords

Afar hot spot; Arabia; Arabia Eurasia plate boundary; Gulf of Aden; Red Sea

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN PLATE; ARABIAN PLATE; HOT SPOT; LITHOSPHERE; NEOGENE; PLATE BOUNDARY; PLATE TECTONICS; SUBDUCTION; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING;

AFAR; ETHIOPIA; RED SEA; SAUDI ARABIA;

EID: 0344872798     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0012-821X(03)00516-8     Document Type: Article

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