Sequence of rifting in Afar, Manda-Hararo rift, Ethiopia, 2005-2009: Time-space evolution and interactions between dikes from interferometric synthetic aperture radar and static stress change modeling

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 115, Issue 10, 2010, Pages

  Grandin, R ^a,b   Socquet, A ^a   Jacques, E ^a   Mazzoni, N ^a   De Chabalier, J B ^a,c   King, G C P ^a  

^a INSTITUT DE PHYSIQUE DU GLOBE DE PARIS   (France)

^b LABORATOIRE DE GÉOLOGIE   (France)

^c Observatoire Volcanologique et Sismologique de Guadeloupe   (Guadeloupe)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA SET; DIKE; MAGMA CHAMBER; MODELING; PLATE BOUNDARY; RADAR INTERFEROMETRY; RIFTING; STRESS; SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR;

AFAR; ETHIOPIA;

EID: 77957575349     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009JB000815     Document Type: Article

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