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Isotopic ages of lava from the rift province of southern Kenya provide age limits for some episodes of rift faulting. A temporal correlation between the age of faulting and the time of formation of the deep axial trough of the Red Sea appears to exist.
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FAIRHEAD, J., MITCHELL, J. & WILLIAMS, L. New K/Ar Determinations on Rift Volcanics of S. Kenya and their Bearing on Age of Rift Faulting. Nature Physical Science 238, 66–69 (1972). https://doi.org/10.1038/physci238066a0
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