Neogene-Holocene rift propagation in central Tanzania: Morphostructural and aeromagnetic evidence from the Kilombero area

Bulletin of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 116, Issue 3-4, 2004, Pages 490-510

  Le Gall, Bernard ^a   Gernigon, Laurent ^a   Rolet, Joel ^a   Ebinger, Cinthya ^b   Gloaguen, Richard ^c   Nilsen, Odd ^d   Dypvik, Henning ^d   Deffontaines, Benoit ^e   Mruma, Abdul ^f  

^a INSTITUT UNIVERSITAIRE EUROPÉEN DE LA MER   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c TU BERGAKADEMIE FREIBERG   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^e Inst Morphologie/Environ Littoral   (France)

^f UNIVERSITY OF DAR ES SALAAM   (Tanzania)

Author keywords

Aeromagnetic data; Central Tanzania; Drainage pattern analysis; East African Rift; Karoo Cenozoic extensional faulting; Satellite imagery

Indexed keywords

AEROMAGNETIC EVIDENCE; RIFT PROPOGATION;

DATA ACQUISITION; DRAINAGE; LITHOLOGY; REMOTE SENSING; RIVERS; SEDIMENTARY ROCKS;

STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

AEROMAGNETIC SURVEY; HOLOCENE; NEOGENE; RIFTING;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; KILOMBERO; MOROGORO [TANZANIA]; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; TANZANIA;

EID: 1842609658     PISSN: 00167606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/B25202.1     Document Type: Article

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