Lower-crustal rifting in the Rukwa Graben, East Africa

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 129, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 412-420

  Zhao, Ming ^a   Langston, Charles A ^a   Nyblade, Andrew A ^a   Owens, Thomas J ^b  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

East Africa; Fault plane solutions; Focal depth; Rifts

Indexed keywords

CRUST (LOWER); EARTHQUAKE; FAULT PLANE SOLUTION; FOCAL DEPTH; RIFT; SOURCE PARAMETERS;

TANZANIA, LAKE RUKWA;

EID: 0030955378     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.1997.tb01592.x     Document Type: Article

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