STRUCTURAL EVOLUTION OF RIFT ZONES IN MIDDLE EAST

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GASS, IG
GIBSON, IL
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10.1038/221926a0
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O [数理科学和化学]; P [天文学、地球科学]; Q [生物科学]; N [自然科学总论];
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07 ; 0710 ; 09 ;
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The rifts which trisect the Middle East originated as zones of crustal attenuation during the formation of the Afro-Arabian dome. Subsequently, the style of deformation changed to one of horizontal displacement, the widening rifts being floored by new oceanic crust. This separation was due to the movement of all crustal plates at different rates in the same, north-easterly direction. © 1969 Nature Publishing Group.
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