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Depths of origin of Kenyan basalts and implications for the Gregory Rift

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THE Gregory Rift of Kenya, part of the eastern branch of the Afro–Arabian rift system, has received much attention in recent years as an exceptionally well exposed example of an intracontinental rift. It exhibits a variety of lavas and ignimbrites related to one another in time and space in patterns that can be clearly defined1–3. Explicit models of the crust and upper mantle in and near the Gregory Rift, have been derived, largely from gravity surveys4,5.

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  1. GORDON G. GOLES: Center for Volcanology, University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon 97403.

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GOLES, G. Depths of origin of Kenyan basalts and implications for the Gregory Rift. Nature 255, 391–393 (1975). https://doi.org/10.1038/255391b0

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