Paleomagnetism of the Fentale-magmatic segment, main Ethiopian Rift: New evidence for counterclockwise block rotation linked to transtensional deformation

Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors

Volumn 176, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 109-123

  Kidane, Tesfaye ^a,b   Otofuji, Yo Ichiro ^b   Komatsu, Yutaka ^b   Shibasaki, Hisaya ^b   Rowland, Julie ^c  

^a ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^b KOBE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Block rotation; Fentale volcanoes; Main Ethiopian Rift; Paleomagnetism applied to tectonics; Transtension

Indexed keywords

BLOCK ROTATION; FENTALE VOLCANOES; MAIN ETHIOPIAN RIFT; PALEOMAGNETISM APPLIED TO TECTONICS; TRANSTENSION;

DEFORMATION; DEMAGNETIZATION; GEOMAGNETISM; MAGNETS; OPTICAL RESONATORS; ROTATION; TECTONICS; VOLCANOES;

PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS;

BLOCK ROTATION; DEFORMATION; LAVA FLOW; MAGNETIC REVERSAL; NATURAL REMANENT MAGNETIZATION; PALEOMAGNETISM; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PYROCLASTIC FLOW; TRANSTENSION;

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

EID: 68349135442     PISSN: 00319201     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pepi.2009.04.006     Document Type: Article

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