Numerical modelling of quaternary deformation and post-rifting displacement in the Asal-Ghoubbet rift (Djibouti, Africa)

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 239, Issue 3-4, 2005, Pages 352-367

  Cattin, Rodolphe ^a   Doubre, Cécile ^b,c   de Chabalier, Jean Bernard ^b   King, Geoffrey ^b   Vigny, Christophe ^a   Avouac, Jean Philippe ^a,d   Ruegg, Jean Claude ^b  

^a LABORATOIRE DE GÉOLOGIE   (France)

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

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Asal Ghoubbet; Dyke inflation; Fault creep; Magma injection; Rift zone; Rifting cycle

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; GEODESY; IGNEOUS ROCKS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MOLTEN MATERIALS; SEISMOLOGY; TECTONICS; VOLCANOES;

ASAL-GHOUBBET RIFT; DYKE INFLATION; FAULT CREEP; MAGMA INJECTION; RIFT ZONE; RIFTING CYCLE;

STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

CRUSTAL EVOLUTION; FAULT DISPLACEMENT; IGNEOUS INTRUSION; NUMERICAL MODEL; QUATERNARY; RIFTING;

AFRICA; DJIBOUTI [EAST AFRICA]; EAST AFRICA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WORLD;

SOMALIA;

EID: 27744440949     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2005.07.028     Document Type: Article

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