A multidisciplinary study of the final episode of the Manda Hararo dyke sequence, Ethiopia, and implications for trends in volcanism during the rifting cycle

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 420, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 149-163

  Barnie, T D ^a,i   Keir, D ^b   Hamling, I ^c   Hofmann, B ^d   Belachew, M ^e   Carn, S ^f   Eastwell, D ^b   Hammond, J O S ^g   Ayele, A ^h   Oppenheimer, C ^a   Wright, T ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^c GNS SCIENCE   (New Zealand)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^e OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f 815 RL Smith ME EM Building   (United States)

^g IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^h ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

ⁱ UNIVERSITÉ BLAISE PASCAL   (France)

Author keywords

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EID: 84984923554     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/SP420.6     Document Type: Chapter

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