Dyke swarm emplacement in the Ethiopian Large Igneous Province: Not only a matter of stress

Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research

Volumn 132, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 283-310

  Mège, Daniel ^a   Korme, Tesfaye ^b  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

Dyke swarm; Ethiopian Large Igneous Province; Mantle plume; Rifting; Stress trajectory; Structural inheritance

Indexed keywords

FRACTURE; IMAGING SYSTEMS; STRESSES; VOLCANOES;

DYKE SWARMS; LITHOSPHERE;

GEOTHERMAL ENERGY;

DIKE SWARM; FLOOD BASALT; LARGE IGNEOUS PROVINCE; MANTLE PLUME; RIFTING; STRESS FIELD; STRUCTURAL CONTROL;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; ETHIOPIA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 1142283264     PISSN: 03770273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0377-0273(03)00318-4     Document Type: Article

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