The relative motion between the plates on each side of the East African
Rift Valley can be obtained from the opening of the Red Sea and the
Gulf of Aden. The calculated direction of relative motion agrees
well with fault plane solutions for earthquakes north of the equator.
%0 Journal Article
%1 mckenzie_etal:1970
%A McKenzie, D. P.
%A Davis, D.
%A Molnar, P.
%D 1970
%J Nature
%K
%N 5242
%P 243--248
%R 10.1038/226243a0
%T Plate tectonics of the Red Sea and East Africa
%U http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/226243a0
%V 226
%X The relative motion between the plates on each side of the East African
Rift Valley can be obtained from the opening of the Red Sea and the
Gulf of Aden. The calculated direction of relative motion agrees
well with fault plane solutions for earthquakes north of the equator.
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abstract = {The relative motion between the plates on each side of the East African
Rift Valley can be obtained from the opening of the Red Sea and the
Gulf of Aden. The calculated direction of relative motion agrees
well with fault plane solutions for earthquakes north of the equator.},
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title = {Plate tectonics of the Red Sea and East Africa},
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