A kinematic model for the East African Rift

作者: D. Sarah Stamps , Eric Calais , Elifuraha Saria , Chris Hartnady , Jean-Mathieu Nocquet

DOI: 10.1029/2007GL032781

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摘要: … the four sites whose velocity best matches a rigid rotation for … angular velocity (Table 1) is defined using sites ALEX, HRAO… the Eastern branch propagates into cold cratonic domain. Our …

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