Contrasted styles of rifting in the eastern Gulf of Aden: A combined wide-angle, multichannel seismic, and heat flow survey

Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems

Volumn 11, Issue 7, 2010, Pages

  Leroy, Sylvie ^a   Lucazeau, Francis ^b   D'Acremont, Elia ^a   Watremez, Louise ^a   Autin, Julia ^a   Rouzo, Stéphane ^a   Bellahsen, Nicolas ^a   Tiberi, Christel ^a   Ebinger, Cynthia ^c   Beslier, Marie Odile ^d   Perrot, Julie ^e   Razin, Philippe ^f   Rolandone, Frédérique ^a   Sloan, Heather ^g   Stuart, Graham ^h   Lazki, Ali Al ⁱ   Al Toubi, Khalfan ⁱ   Bache, François ^a   Bonneville, Alain ^b   Goutorbe, Bruno ^b   Huchon, Philippe ^a   Unternehr, Patrick ^j   Khanbari, Khaled ^k   more..

^a Sorbonne Universités   (France)

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

^c UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE NICE SOPHIA ANTIPOLIS   (France)

^e CNRS   (France)

^f UNIVERSITÉ BORDEAUX MONTAIGNE   (France)

^g CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

ⁱ SULTAN QABOOS UNIVERSITY   (Oman)

^j TOTAL   (France)

^k SANA A UNIVERSITY   (Yemen)

more..

Author keywords

Gulf of Aden; Magma poor rifted margins; Mantle exhumation; Oblique rifting

Indexed keywords

ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; GEOLOGIC MODELS; GEOPHYSICS; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

AFAR PLUMES; AXIAL SEGMENTATION; CONTINENTAL BREAK-UP; CONTINENTAL MANTLE; CONTINENTAL RIFT; DIFFERENT PROCESS; EVOLUTION MODELS; EXTENSIONAL FAULTS; FIRST-ORDER; FRACTURE ZONE; GULF OF ADEN; HOT SPOT; INTERNAL VARIABILITY; LATE STAGE; LITHOSPHERIC; MAGMA-POOR RIFTED MARGINS; MAGMATISMS; MANTLE EXHUMATION; MID-OCEAN RIDGES; MULTI-CHANNEL SEISMIC; OBLIQUE EXTENSION; OBLIQUE RIFTING; OCEAN BASINS; PASSIVE CONTINENTAL MARGIN; PLATE BOUNDARIES; RIFT SYSTEMS; SEDIMENT LAYERS; SHORT DISTANCES; SMALL SCALE VARIABILITY; SPREADING RIDGE; STRUCTURAL HETEROGENEITY; SYN-RIFT; TIME-AVERAGED; TRANSFORM FAULT; UPPERMOST MANTLE; VOLCANIC CENTERS;

TECTONICS;

CONTINENTAL MARGIN; EXHUMATION; FAULT GEOMETRY; HEAT FLOW; MAGMA; MAGMATISM; MANTLE STRUCTURE; PASSIVE MARGIN; PLATE BOUNDARY; RIFT ZONE; RIFTING; SEISMIC SURVEY;

ARABIAN SEA; GULF OF ADEN; INDIAN OCEAN;

CALLUNA VULGARIS;

EID: 78650875128     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15252027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009GC002963     Document Type: Review

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