Constraints on the structural development of Afar imposed by the kinematics of the major surrounding plates

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 259, Issue , 2006, Pages 23-42

  Garfunkel, Zvi ^a   Beyth, M ^b  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF ISRAEL   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEFORMATION; KINEMATICS; NUMERICAL MODEL; PLATE TECTONICS;

AFAR; AFRICA; ARABIAN PENINSULA; ASIA; EAST AFRICA; EURASIA; MIDDLE EAST; NUBIAN SHIELD; SOMALIA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 33745852785     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/GSL.SP.2006.259.01.04     Document Type: Article

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