Comparison of dike intrusions in an incipient seafloor-spreading segment in Afar, Ethiopia: Seismicity perspectives

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 116, Issue 6, 2011, Pages

  Belachew, Manahloh ^a,b   Ebinger, C ^a   Cote D ^a   Keir, D ^c   Rowland, J V ^d   Hammond, J O S ^e   Ayele, A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

^b ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCRETION; DEFORMATION; DIKE; EARTHQUAKE MAGNITUDE; EARTHQUAKE SWARM; EMPLACEMENT; FAULTING; GRABEN; IGNEOUS INTRUSION; MAGMA; OCEANIC CRUST; PLATE BOUNDARY; RIFT ZONE; RUPTURE; SEAFLOOR SPREADING; SEISMIC MOMENT; SEISMICITY;

AFAR; ETHIOPIA;

EID: 79955054873     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010JB007908     Document Type: Article

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