Seismicity, seismotectonics and crustal structure of the Southern Kenya Rift-new data from the Lake Magadi area

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 146, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 439-453

  Ibs von Seht, M ^a,b   Blumenstein, S ^a   Wagner, R ^a   Hollnack, D ^a   Wohlenberg, J ^a  

^a RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Crustal structure; Earthquake; Fault plane solutions; Rifts; Seismicity; Seismotectonics

Indexed keywords

CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; EARTHQUAKE HYPOCENTER; FAULT PLANE; FOCAL MECHANISM; SEISMICITY; SEISMOTECTONICS;

KENYA;

EID: 0034905841     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.0956-540X.2001.01464.x     Document Type: Article

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