Neoproterozoic-Early Paleozoic gravitational tectonic collapse in the southern part of the Arabian-Nubian Shield: The Bulbul Belt of southern Ethiopia

Precambrian Research

Volumn 138, Issue 3-4, 2005, Pages 297-318

  Tsige, Lulu ^a   Abdelsalam, Mohamed G ^b  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF ETHIOPIA   (Ethiopia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Arabian Nubian Shield; Bulbul Belt; Tectonic collapse

Indexed keywords

COLLAPSE STRUCTURE; CRUSTAL EVOLUTION; PALEOZOIC; PROTEROZOIC;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; ETHIOPIA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WORLD;

NUBIAN;

EID: 22544476821     PISSN: 03019268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.precamres.2005.05.005     Document Type: Article

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