Continental rift evolution: From rift initiation to incipient break-up in the Main Ethiopian Rift, East Africa

Earth-Science Reviews

Volumn 96, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 1-53

  Corti, Giacomo ^a  

^a SEZIONE DI FIRENZE   (Italy)

Author keywords

continental break up; continental rifting; deformation; East African Rift; magmatism; Main Ethiopian Rift; Nubia Somalia kinematics; rift evolution

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY CONDITION; CONTINENTAL BREAKUP; CONTINENTAL LITHOSPHERE; CORE-MANTLE BOUNDARY; DEFORMATION; FLOOD BASALT; MAGMATISM; MANTLE PLUME; PLATE TECTONICS; PLIOCENE-PLEISTOCENE BOUNDARY; RIFT ZONE; RIFTING; SEAFLOOR SPREADING; SPREADING CENTER; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; UPLIFT; VOLCANISM;

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

EID: 68849098773     PISSN: 00128252     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.earscirev.2009.06.005     Document Type: Review

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