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Showing 1 to 4 of 4 for “"Ethiopian Plateau"”.
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Understanding uplift of the Ethiopian Plateau from longitudinal profile analysis of the Blue Nile drainage system
<p>The Ethiopian Plateau is one of the few tectonically-active regions on Earth that is situated in continental rift zones. About 1.6 km deep gorge of the Nile was carved by the Blue Nile River on the Ethiopian Plateau, as the plateau has been experiencing continuous uplift and exhumation in the …
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The Afar Caravan Route: Insights into Aksumite (50 BCE-CE 900) Trade and Exchange from the Low Deserts to the North Ethiopian Plateau
<p>The Aksumites of the North Ethiopian and Eritrean highlands are known for their trading activities in the Red Sea between 50 BCE-CE 900. Much attention has been focused on prestige goods such as gold and ivory and the role that long-distance trade played in supporting elites and ruling …
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Layered crustal and mantle structure and anisotropy beneath the Afar Depression and Malawi Rift Zone
… plume traversing the MTZ beneath the western Ethiopian Plateau. In the vicinity of the MRZ, a data set comprised of 35 seismic stations is employed that was deployed over a two year period from mid-2012 to mid-2014, belonging to the SAFARI (Seismic Arrays For African Rift Initiation) …
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The Origin and Petrogenesis of the Ethiopian Flood Basalts
… continental separation. The flood basalts of the Ethiopian Plateau constitute the larger part of this province and are associated with melting in the head of the Afar Plume. High-Ti picrites from the eastern part of the NW Plateau are among the earliest uncontaminated outpourings of flood …