Acton, Gary D. et al. (2000): The tectonic and geomagnetic significance of paleomagnetic observations from volcanic rocks from central Afar, Africa

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Identifier: ID:

2000-061456

Type:

georefid

Creator: Name:

Acton, Gary D.

Affiliation:

Texas A&M University, Ocean Drilling Program, College Station, TX, United States

Role:

author

Name:

Tessema, Abera

Affiliation:

Ethiopian Institute of Geological Surveys, Ethiopia

Role:

author

Name:

Jackson, Michael

Affiliation:

University NAVSTAR Consortium, United States

Role:

author

Name:

Bilham, Roger

Affiliation:

University of Colorado, United States

Role:

author

Identification: Title:

The tectonic and geomagnetic significance of paleomagnetic observations from volcanic rocks from central Afar, Africa

Year:

2000

Source:

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Publisher:

Elsevier, Amsterdam, Netherlands

Volume:

180

Issue:

3-4

Pages:

225-241

Abstract:

Language:

English

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Serial

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Coverage:Geographic coordinates:

	North:12.3000
West:41.0000		East: 42.2000
	South:11.3000

Keywords:

Quaternary geology; Solid-earth geophysics; Afar; Africa; Asal Rift; block structures; Cenozoic; crust; East Africa; Ethiopia; faults; igneous rocks; lava; lava flows; magnetic field; paleomagnetism; plate tectonics; pole positions; Quaternary; remagnetization; reversals; rifting; rotation; secular variations; systems; volcanic rocks;

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Acton, Gary D. et al. (2000): The tectonic and geomagnetic significance of paleomagnetic observations from volcanic rocks from central Afar, Africa