Structure of Tendaho Graben and Manda Hararo Rift: Implications for the evolution of the southern Red Sea propagator in Central Afar

Tectonics

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2008, Pages

  Acocella, V ^a   Abebe, B ^b   Korme, T ^b   Barberi, F ^a  

^a ROMA TRE UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^b ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE FAULT; CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; EXTENSIONAL TECTONICS; REMOTE SENSING; RIFT ZONE; RIFTING; TECTONIC EVOLUTION;

AFAR; AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; ETHIOPIA; MANDA HARARO RIFT; RED SEA [SUDAN]; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; SUDAN; TENDAHO GRABEN;

EID: 55949095315     PISSN: 02787407     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007TC002236     Document Type: Article

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