Re-orientation of the extension direction and pure extensional faulting at oblique rift margins: Comparison between the Main Ethiopian Rift and laboratory experiments

Terra Nova

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 396-404

  Corti, Giacomo ^a   Philippon, Melody ^b   Sani, Federico ^c   Keir, Derek ^d   Kidane, Tesfaye ^e  

^a SEZIONE DI FIRENZE   (Italy)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^e ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLOCK ROTATION; CONTINENTAL MARGIN; DEFLECTION; DIP-SLIP FAULT; EARTHQUAKE MECHANISM; EXTENSIONAL TECTONICS; FAULT; FAULT SLIP; FOCAL MECHANISM; NUMERICAL MODEL; PALEOMAGNETISM; PLATE MOTION; SPATIAL VARIATION; TECTONIC PLATE;

EAST AFRICAN RIFT; ETHIOPIAN RIFT;

EID: 84883759261     PISSN: 09544879     EISSN: 13653121     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ter.12049     Document Type: Article

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