On the footsteps of the East African Rift Expedition (Notes and Drawings through Eyes of Eyewitnesses)

Authors

T.Y. Tveritinova, A.I. Gushchin

Moscow State University, Department of Geology, Moscow, Russia

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About the Authors

Tveritinova Tatyana Yuryevna,

Candidate of Geological and Mineralogical Sciences,

Lomonosov Moscow State University, Department of Geology,

Associate Professor, Department of Regional Geology and Earth History,

Schmidt Institute of Physics of the Earth, Russian Academy of Sciences. O.Yu. Schmidt Institute of

Earth Physics, Russian Academy of Sciences,

Senior Researcher, Laboratory of Fundamental and Applied Problems of Tectonophysics,

tel.: 495-939-2750,

email: tvertat@yandex.ru.

Gushchin Alexander Ivanovich,

Candidate of Geological and Mineralogical Sciences,

Lomonosov Moscow State University, Department of Geology,

Associate Professor of the Department of Dynamic Geology,

tel.: +7(495) 939-2081,

email: alexmsu-824@mail.ru.

Abstract. A review of published and archived materials on the East African Rift Expedition of the USSR Academy of Sciences, which took place under the leadership of V.V. Belousov in the 1960s.

Keywords: Africa, rift, volcanoes, depressions, expedition, history of geology.

P. 149–181

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Tveritinova T.Y., Gushchin A.I. In the footsteps of the East African Rift Expedition (notes and drawings through the eyes of eyewitnesses) DOI 10.26516/2541-9641.2024.1.149 // Geology and Environment : electronic scientific journal. 2024. V. 4, No. 1. P. 149–181.

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