From rifting to oceanic spreading in the Gulf of Aden: A synthesis

Arabian Journal of Geosciences

Volumn 5, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 859-901

  Leroy, Sylvie ^a   Razin, Philippe ^b   Autin, Julia ^a,c   Bache, François ^a,d   d'Acremont, Elia ^a   Watremez, Louise ^a,e   Robinet, Jérémy ^a,b   Baurion, Céline ^a   Denèle, Yoann ^a,f   Bellahsen, Nicolas ^a   Lucazeau, Francis ^g   Rolandone, Frédérique ^a   Rouzo, Stéphane ^a   Kiel, Josep Serra ^h   Robin, Cécile ⁱ   Guillocheau, François ⁱ   Tiberi, Christel ^j   Basuyau, Clémence ^g   Beslier, Marie Odile ^k   Ebinger, Cynthia ^l   Stuart, Graham ^m   Ahmed, Abdulhakim ^a,n   Khanbari, Khaled ^o   Al Ganad, Ismael ^p   de Clarens, Philippe ^q   Unternehr, Patrick ^q   Al Toubi, Khalfan ^r   Al Lazki, Ali ^r   more..

^a Sorbonne Universités   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ BORDEAUX MONTAIGNE   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG EOST   (France)

^d GNS SCIENCE   (New Zealand)

^e DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^f UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

^g IPG Paris   (France)

^h UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

ⁱ UNIVERSITÉ DE RENNES 1   (France)

^j UNIVERSITÉ MONTPELLIER 2   (France)

^k UNIVERSITÉ DE NICE SOPHIA ANTIPOLIS   (France)

^l UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

^m UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

ⁿ NSOC   (Yemen)

^o SANA A UNIVERSITY   (Yemen)

^p GSMRB Sana'a   (Yemen)

^q TOTAL   (France)

^r SULTAN QABOOS UNIVERSITY   (Oman)

more..

Author keywords

Afar plume; Continental break up; Continental margins; Gulf of Aden; Inheritance; Oblique rifting; Ocean Continent transition; Oceanic spreading; Segmentation

Indexed keywords

CONTINENTAL MARGIN; DEFORMATION; FAULT PROPAGATION; GRABEN; HOT SPOT; RIFTING; SPREADING CENTER; STRAIN ANALYSIS; TENSILE STRESS; UPLIFT;

ARABIAN SEA; GULF OF ADEN; INDIAN OCEAN;

CALLUNA VULGARIS;

EID: 84877973912     PISSN: 18667511     EISSN: 18667538     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12517-011-0475-4     Document Type: Article

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