Recent rift-related volcanism in Afar, Ethiopia

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 292, Issue 3-4, 2010, Pages 409-418

  Ferguson, David J ^a   Barnie, Talfan D ^b   Pyle, David M ^a   Oppenheimer, Clive ^b   Yirgu, Gezahegn ^c   Lewi, Elias ^c   Kidane, Tesfaye ^c   Carn, Simon ^d   Hamling, Ian ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^d Michigan Technological University   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Afar; Basalt; Ethiopia; Remote sensing of volcanoes; Rift zone volcanism

Indexed keywords

CRUSTAL GROWTH; ETHIOPIA; FIELD OBSERVATIONS; FIRST-ORDER; ICELANDS; OZONE MONITORING INSTRUMENTS; RED SEA; RIFT SYSTEMS; RIFT ZONE VOLCANISM; RIFT ZONES; RIFTING CYCLE; RIFTING PROCESS; SATELLITE IMAGES; SPACE-BORNE; VOLCANIC FLUX;

BASALT; OZONE; REMOTE SENSING; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROMETERS;

VOLCANOES;

BASALT; DEGASSING; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MAGMA; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; REMOTE SENSING; RIFT ZONE; SATELLITE IMAGERY; VOLCANIC ERUPTION; VOLCANISM; VOLCANO; VOLCANOLOGY;

AFAR; ETHIOPIA;

EID: 77950532279     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2010.02.010     Document Type: Article

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