Magmatic rifting in the Main Ethiopian Rift began in thick continental lithosphere; the case of the Galema Range

The northern Main Ethiopian Rift (MER) in East Africa is considered a region of incipient oceanic spreading, with Miocene border faulting now largely abandoned at the expense of magmatic extension in the Wonji Fault Belt (WFB). However, whether magmatic extension began when the Ethiopian lithosphere...
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Autor*in:

Chiasera, B. [verfasserIn]

Rooney, T.O. [verfasserIn]

Bastow, I.D. [verfasserIn]

Yirgu, G. [verfasserIn]

Grosfils, E.B. [verfasserIn]

Ayalew, D. [verfasserIn]

Mohr, P. [verfasserIn]

Zimbelman, J. [verfasserIn]

Ramsey, M. [verfasserIn]

Format:

E-Artikel

Sprache:

Englisch

Erschienen:

2021

Schlagwörter:

Continental rifting

Main Ethiopian Rift

East African Rift system

Mantle potential temperature

Lithosphere-asthenosphere boundary

Übergeordnetes Werk:

Enthalten in: Lithos - Amsterdam [u.a.] : Elsevier Science, 1968, 406

Übergeordnetes Werk:

volume:406

DOI / URN:

10.1016/j.lithos.2021.106494

Katalog-ID:

ELV007012438

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