September 2005 Manda hararo-dabbahu rifting event, Afar (Ethiopia): Constraints provided by geodetic data

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 114, Issue 8, 2009, Pages

  Grandin, R ^b   Socquet, A ^b   Binet, R ^a   Klinger, Y ^b   Jacques, E ^b   De Chabalier, J B ^b   King, G C P ^b   Lasserre, C ^c   Tait, S ^b   Tapponnier, P ^b   Delorme, A ^b   Pinzuti, P ^b  

^a CEA DIF   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c STATION DE RADIOASTRONOMIE DE NANÇAY   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIKE; DISPLACEMENT; FAULT SLIP; GEODESY; IGNEOUS INTRUSION; MAGMA CHAMBER; RADAR INTERFEROMETRY; RIFTING; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SPOT; SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR;

AFAR;

EID: 72149107779     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008JB005843     Document Type: Article

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