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98 STRUCTURE
Red Sea rift
Arabian
plate
Nubian
plate
Afar
depression
Gabho G. Aden
Gabho
rift
Dabbahu Somalian
Dabbahu
plate
Dabbahu
Dabbahu
rift
rift
segment
segment
Semara
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.
