The Afar volcanic province within the East African Rift System: Introduction

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 259, Issue , 2006, Pages 1-6

  Yirgu, G ^a   Ebinger, C J ^b   Maguire, P K H ^c  

^a ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RIFT ZONE; RIFTING; VOLCANOLOGY;

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

EID: 33745768021     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/GSL.SP.2006.259.01.01     Document Type: Article

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