Transcurrent Faulting in the Ethiopian Rift System
Transcurrent Faulting in the Ethiopian Rift System
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埃塞俄比亚裂谷系统的横流断层
作者：
P. Mohr
非洲裂谷系统通常被认为是大洋中脊裂谷系统的大陆延伸，通过亚丁湾和塔朱拉湾连接。红海结构的汇聚使详细的连接模式变得复杂，表明就地震震中分布（P. Gouin 未发表的作品）、火山活动 1 和地壳构造 2 而言，从海洋裂谷到大陆裂谷的过渡并不像许多先前的假设所想象的那样顺利。
THE African rift system is usually considered to be a continental extension of the mid-oceanic ridge–rift system, a connexion being made through the Gulf of Aden and the Gulf of Tajura. The detailed connecting pattern, complicated by the convergence of the Red Sea structures, shows that in terms of seismic epicentre distribution (unpublished work of P. Gouin), volcanism1 and crustal tectonics2 the transition from oceanic to continental rift is not made as smoothly as many previous hypotheses supposed.