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The Age and Tectonic Relationships of East African Volcanic Rocks

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 May 2009

P. E. Kent
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The great volume of extrusive rocks which has accumulated during and since the Tertiary period is one of the most important geological features of East Africa, and one which various people have related to the formation of the Rift Valley System.

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Geological Magazine , Volume 81 , Issue 1 , February 1944 , pp. 15 - 27
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1944

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