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Comparison of the East African Rift System and the Permian Oslo Rift

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Tectonics and Geophysics of Continental Rifts

Part of the book series: NATO Advanced Study Institutes Series ((ASIC,volume 37))

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The Oslo palaeorift system and the East African rift system have many features in common. Both are intracontinental, the former being within the European plate and the latter breaking through the Afro-Arabian plate. Both are regions of extension and both have large axial intrusive zones. Both show some lateral spreading, the Oslo graben in the south and the East African rift system in the north.

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    R. W. Girdler

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  1. Department of Geology, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway

    Ivar B. Ramberg

  2. Mineralogical-Geological Museum, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway

    Else-Ragnhild Neumann

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Girdler, R.W. (1978). Comparison of the East African Rift System and the Permian Oslo Rift. In: Ramberg, I.B., Neumann, ER. (eds) Tectonics and Geophysics of Continental Rifts. NATO Advanced Study Institutes Series, vol 37. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-9806-3_26

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