Lithospheric modification during crustal extension in the Main Ethiopian Rift

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 112, Issue 10, 2007, Pages

  Rooney, Tyrone ^a,b   Furman, Tanya ^a   Bastow, Ian ^c,d   Ayalew, Dereje ^e,f   Yirgu, Gezahegn ^e  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^e ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^f Dessie/Kombolcha University   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; FRACTIONAL CRYSTALLIZATION; FRACTIONATION; LAVA FLOW; LITHOSPHERE; MAGMATISM; PHENOCRYST; QUATERNARY; RIFT ZONE; TRACHYTE;

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

EID: 36849074767     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006JB004916     Document Type: Article

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