Volcanoes of the Tibesti massif (Chad, northern Africa)

Bulletin of Volcanology

Volumn 69, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 609-626

  Permenter, Jason L ^a,b   Oppenheimer, Clive ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b School of Business and Economics   (United States)

Author keywords

African geology; ASTER; Chad; Continental hot spot; Tibesti massif; Tibesti volcanic province; TVP

Indexed keywords

ASTER; CONTINENTAL LITHOSPHERE; CRUSTAL THICKNESS; DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; HOT SPOT; IMAGERY; MIOCENE; MORPHOMETRY; QUATERNARY; TECTONIC SETTING; VOLCANISM; VOLCANO;

AFRICA; CENTRAL AFRICA; CHAD; SAHARA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; TIBESTI MASSIF;

EID: 34147161791     PISSN: 02588900     EISSN: 14320819     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00445-006-0098-x     Document Type: Article

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