Propagation of an accreting plate boundary: a discussion of new aeromagnetic data in the Gulf of Tadjurah and southern Afar

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Mar 1980

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Earth and Planetary Science Letters, Volume 47, Issue 1, p. 144-160.

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A detailed aeromagnetic survey of the Republic of Djibouti and immediate surroundings was performed in 1977. This paper summarizes the reduction techniques which are used in order to produce a magnetic anomaly map and discusses the accuracy of this map, which is presented as an insert at a scale of 1/250,000. Two distinct magnetic styles are recognized: linear anomalies with both large amplitude and short wavelength, considered to be typical of oceanic lithosphere, contrast with areas of lower-amplitude longer-wavelength anomalies, which are found mostly in the northern part of the survey. This quiet zone of subdued magnetic style is thought to have undergone major tectonic deformation in the last millions of years. The general morphology of magnetic anomalies is interpreted in terms of a propagating crack model, as proposed by Courtillot [23]. The crack propagates westwards at approximately 3 cm/yr and the crack tip is thought to lie close to Lake Asal, both on the basis of the magnetic data and of other geophysical evidence. The land section of the survey is a central topic of this paper and is interpreted in terms of the crack propagation model in the light of other available geological, geochemical and geophysical data.

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