The role of magma in the development of the Afro-Arabian Rift System

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 259, Issue , 2006, Pages 43-54

  Buck, W R ^a  

^a Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BASALT; CONTINENTAL CRUST; CONTINENTAL LITHOSPHERE; MAGMA; MANTLE STRUCTURE; OCEANIC CRUST; RIFTING; TRIPLE JUNCTION;

AFAR; AFRICA; ARABIAN SEA; EAST AFRICA; EAST AFRICAN RIFT; ETHIOPIAN RIFT; GULF OF ADEN; INDIAN OCEAN; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; TANZANIA;

EID: 33745792225     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/GSL.SP.2006.259.01.05     Document Type: Article

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