Apatite Helium Thermochronology of the Blue Nile Canyon, Ethiopian Plateau

The Ethiopian Plateau, situated in the northernmost part of the East African Rift System, has been uplifted and incised by the Blue Nile River, creating the 1.5 km-deep Blue Nile Canyon, the only extensive canyon within the Nile drainage basin. Much of this canyon incision is related to the Ethiopia...

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Main Author: Blackburn, Nathaniel C
Format: Others
Published: TopSCHOLAR® 2016
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Online Access:http://digitalcommons.wku.edu/theses/1563
http://digitalcommons.wku.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=2565&context=theses