Kanda fault: A major seismogenic element west of the Rukwa Rift (Tanzania, East Africa)

Journal of Geodynamics

Volumn 24, Issue 1-4, 1997, Pages 139-153

  Vittori, Eutizio ^a   Delvaux, Damien ^b   Kervyn, François ^c  

^a ANPA   (Italy)

^b ROYAL MUSEUM FOR CENTRAL AFRICA   (Belgium)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FAULT; NEOTECTONICS; PALAEOSEISMOLOGY; QUATERNARY; QUATERNARY TECTONICS; RIFT SYSTEM; SCARP; SEISMIC RISK; UPLIFT;

TANZANIA, EAST AFRICAN RIFT, RUKWA RIFT, KANDA FAULT;

EID: 0031391498     PISSN: 02643707     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0264-3707(96)00038-5     Document Type: Article

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