Geodetic observations of the ongoing Dabbahu rifting episode: New dyke intrusions in 2006 and 2007

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 178, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 989-1003

  Hamling, Ian J ^a   Ayele, Atalay ^b   Bennati Laura, L ^c   Calais, Eric ^c   Ebinger, Cynthia J ^d   Keir, Derek ^a   Lewi, Elias ^b   Wright, Tim J ^a   Yirgu, Gezahegn ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^c PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Africa; Continental margins: Divergent; Mid ocean ridge processes; Radar interferometry; Remote sensing of volcanoes; Satellite geodesy

Indexed keywords

ARABIAN PLATE; CONTINENTAL MARGIN; DIKE SWARM; FISSURE; GEODETIC NETWORK; GPS; IGNEOUS INTRUSION; MID-OCEAN RIDGE; NUMERICAL MODEL; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; RADAR INTERFEROMETRY; REMOTE SENSING; RIFTING; SEISMICITY; SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR;

AFRICA;

EID: 67849084738     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: 1365246X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2009.04163.x     Document Type: Article

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