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Possible transform faults which offset the Wonji fault belt can be traced into lines of weakness dating back to the Jurassic In the surrounding Somalian and Ethiopian plateaux. This makes it unlikely that the Afar depression was produced by tensional separation during the formation of the Red Sea Rift.
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MOHR, P. Major Volcano–Tectonic Lineament in the Ethiopian Rift System. Nature 213, 664–665 (1967). https://doi.org/10.1038/213664a0
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