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Re-classification of the Ethiopian Cainozoic Volcanic Succession

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RECENT exploration and field-work in Ethiopia, in particular gravity–geology surveys made by Prof. P. Gouin, Dr. A. S. Rogers and me, have shown the Cainozoic volcanic succession in association with the Ethiopian Rift System to be more complicated than previously suspected.

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MOHR, P. Re-classification of the Ethiopian Cainozoic Volcanic Succession. Nature 208, 177–178 (1965). https://doi.org/10.1038/208177b0

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