Geology Reference
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Red Sea rift
Arabian
plate
Nubian
plate
Afar
depression
G. Aden
rift
Gabho
Dabbahu
Somalian
plate
Dabbahu
rift
segment
Semara
Figure 4.1
Topographic relief of the 60-km-long Dabbahu rift segment within the Afar Depression. The inset shows
directions of plate divergence between the stable African (Nubian), Arabian, and Somalian plates.
Source:
Adapted from Cynthia Ebinger, Royal Holloway University of London.
