Palaeomagnetic constraints on continental break-up processes: Observations from the Main Ethiopian Rift

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 259, Issue , 2006, Pages 165-183

  Kidane, Tesfaye ^a   Platzman, E ^b,c   Ebinger, C J ^d   Abebe, Bekele ^a   Rochette, P ^e  

^a ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^e CEREGE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTINENTAL BREAKUP; MID-OCEAN RIDGE; NATURAL REMANENT MAGNETIZATION; PALEOMAGNETISM; SEAFLOOR SPREADING; TECTONIC ROTATION; TRANSTENSION; TRIPLE JUNCTION;

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

BISCHOFIA JAVANICA;

EID: 33745782347     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/GSL.SP.2006.259.01.14     Document Type: Article

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