Effective elastic thickness of Africa and its relationship to other proxies for lithospheric structure and surface tectonics

Marta Pérez-Gussinyé, M. Metois, M. Fernández, J. Vergés, J. Fullea, A. R. Lowry

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Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)152-167
Number of pages16
JournalEarth and Planetary Science Letters
Volume287
Issue number1-2
Early online date19 Sept 2009
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 30 Sept 2009

Keywords

  • effective elastic thickness
  • lithospheric structure of Africa
  • tectonism and mantle processes
  • MAIN ETHIOPIAN RIFT
  • BENEATH SOUTHERN AFRICA
  • CONTINENTAL LITHOSPHERE
  • UPPER-MANTLE
  • EAST-AFRICAN
  • COHERENCE METHOD
  • GRAVITY
  • PLATE
  • EVOLUTION
  • FLEXURE

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