Distributed Nubia-Somalia relative motion and dike intrusion in the Main Ethiopian Rift

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 165, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 303-310

  Bendick, R ^a   McClusky, S ^a   Bilham, R ^a   Asfaw, L ^a   Klemperer, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

Author keywords

African rift; Continental rifting; Geodesy; Viscoelasticity

Indexed keywords

RIFTING; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; VISCOELASTICITY;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICAN RIFT; ETHIOPIAN RIFT; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

SOMALIA;

EID: 33645047890     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: 1365246X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2006.02904.x     Document Type: Article

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