The Bilila-Mtakataka fault in Malaŵi: An active, 100-km long, normal fault segment in thick seismogenic crust

Tectonics

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 137-150

  Jackson, Mes ^a   Blenkinsop, Tom ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZIMBABWE   (Zimbabwe)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKES; FAULTING; GEOLOGIC MODELS; GEOPHYSICS;

EAST AFRICA; EAST AFRICAN RIFT; EFFECTIVE ELASTIC THICKNESS; FUNDAMENTAL CONTROL; GEOLOGICAL STRUCTURES; NORMAL FAULTING; NORMAL FAULTS; SEISMOGENIC LAYERS;

FAULT SLIPS;

EARTHQUAKE POTENTIAL; HALF GRABEN; NORMAL FAULT; SEISMOGENIC CRUST; SLIP;

MALAWI, BILILA-MTAKATAKA FAULT;

EID: 0030763174     PISSN: 02787407     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/96TC02494     Document Type: Article

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