Recent tectonics in the Turkana Rift (North Kenya): An integrated approach from drainage network, satellite imagery and reflection seismic analyses

Basin Research

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 165-181

  Vetel W ^a   Le Gall, B ^a   Johnson, T C ^b  

^a Universite de Bretagne Occidentale   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA DULUTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE FAULT; DRAINAGE NETWORK; NEOTECTONICS; RIFT ZONE; RIVER SYSTEM; SEISMIC STRATIGRAPHY;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; TURKANA BASIN;

EID: 18544411015     PISSN: 0950091X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2117.2003.00227.x     Document Type: Article

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