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Evidence of Precambrian block-faulting in the western margin of the Afar depression, Ethiopia

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 May 2009

V. Kazmin  and
C. R. Garland
V. Kazmin
Affiliation:
Geological Survey of Ethiopia, Ministry of Mines, P.O. Box 486, Addis Ababa
C. R. Garland
Affiliation:
Geological Survey of Ethiopia, Ministry of Mines, P.O. Box 486, Addis Ababa
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Summary

Regional mapping in the eastern escarpment of the Ethiopian plateau indicated Precambrian block-faulted structures which have been felt in sedimentation and tectonics for more than 1000 m. y. and which controlled to some extent the opening of the Afar.

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Geological Magazine , Volume 110 , Issue 1 , January 1973 , pp. 55 - 57
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1973

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