Mechanisms of inheritance of rift faulting in the western branch of the East African Rift, Tanzania

Tectonics

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 776-790

  Theunissen, K ^a   Klerkx, J ^a   Melnikov, A ^b   Mruma, A ^c  

^a ROYAL MUSEUM FOR CENTRAL AFRICA   (Belgium)

^b INSTITUTE OF THE EARTH S CRUST   (Russian Federation)

^c UNIVERSITY OF DAR ES SALAAM   (Tanzania)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FAULT REACTIVATION; PHANEROZOIC; PROTEROZOIC; RIFTING; UBENDIAN BELT;

TANZANIA, EAST AFRICAN RIFT;

ANISOTROPY; GEOCHRONOLOGY; GEOLOGIC MODELS; TOOLS;

AMPHIBOLITE FACIES; EAST AFRICAN RIFT; FLOWER STRUCTURES; GEOMETRICAL PATTERNS; MECHANICAL ANISOTROPY; PALEOPROTEROZOIC; PRECAMBRIAN BASEMENT; SEDIMENTARY BASIN;

FAULTING;

EID: 0030506774     PISSN: 02787407     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/95TC03685     Document Type: Article

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