Salt Diapirs Bordering the Continental Margin of Northern Kenya and Southern Somalia
- 5 February 1982
- journal article
- other
- Published by American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in Science
- Vol. 215 (4533) , 663-665
- https://doi.org/10.1126/science.215.4533.663
Abstract
The presence of newly discovered diapirs of presumed salt origin is documented for the continental margin of northeastern Kenya and southeastern Somalia. These structures are probably a manifestation of a significant thickness of Lower Jurassic evaporites deposited during the rift and early-drift stages of the separation of Madagascar from the African continent.Keywords
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