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ALTHOUGH the main development of the Red Sea, Gulf of Aden and Ethiopian Rifts seems to have occurred since the Miocene1,2, important earlier structures exist which seem to have determined the detailed location and trends of the later structure.
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BLACK, R., MORTON, W. & HAILU, T. Early structures around the Afar triple junction. Nature 248, 496–497 (1974). https://doi.org/10.1038/248496a0
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