How do faults grow in magmatic rifts? : LiDAR and InSAR observations of the Dabbahu rift segment, Afar, Ethiopia

Dyke intrusions and normal faulting play an important role during continental break-up but little is known about how the normal faults develop. Direct evidence of dyke-induced faulting is limited by the lengthy repeat times between individual rifting episodes, the small amount of subaerial rift zone...

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Main Author: Hofmann, Barbara
Other Authors: Wright, T. ; Paton, D.
Published: University of Leeds 2013
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Online Access:http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.634247