Rift deflection, migration, and propagation: Linkage of the Ethiopian and Eastern rifts, Africa

Bulletin of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 112, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 163-176

  Ebinger, C J ^a   Yemane, T ^a   Harding, D J ^a   Tesfaye, S ^a   Kelley, S ^a   Rex, D C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FAULTING; GEOCHRONOLOGY; GEOLOGIC MODELS; REMOTE SENSING; STRATIGRAPHY; VOLCANIC ROCKS;

BASIN AND RANGE; EAST AFRICAN RIFT; FIELD OBSERVATIONS; LITHOSPHERIC HEATING; MAIN ETHIOPIAN RIFT; QUATERNARY VOLCANISMS; RIFT PROPAGATION; STRATIGRAPHIC SEQUENCES;

POTASSIUM COMPOUNDS;

EXTENSIONAL TECTONICS; FAULTING; RIFT ZONE;

AFRICA; GREAT RIFT VALLEY;

EID: 84879889430     PISSN: 00167606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/0016-7606(2000)112<163:RDMAPL>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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