Magnetic stripes of a transitional continental rift in Afar

Geology

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 203-206

  Bridges, David L ^a   Mickus, Kevin ^b   Gao, Stephen S ^a   Abdelsalam, Mohamed G ^a   Alemu, Abera ^c  

^a MISSOURI UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b MISSOURI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTINENTAL RIFT; ETHIOPIA; HIGH RESOLUTION; MAGNETIC ANOMALIES; MAGNETIC DATA; MAGNETIC LINEATIONS; MAGNETIC STRIPES; MID-OCEAN RIDGES; PLATE BOUNDARIES; RED SEA; SEAFLOOR SPREADING;

BASALT; GEOLOGIC MODELS; MAGNETIC FIELDS;

MAGNETIC POLARITY;

ARABIAN PLATE; CONTINENTAL DRIFT; MAGNETIC ANOMALY; MAGNETIC REVERSAL; MID-OCEAN RIDGE; PALEOMAGNETISM; PLATE TECTONICS; SEAFLOOR SPREADING; TRANSITION ZONE;

AFAR; ETHIOPIA; TENDAHO GRABEN;

EID: 84858119531     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: 19432682     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/G32697.1     Document Type: Article

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