Kinematic and sedimentological evolution of the Manyara Rift in northern Tanzania, East Africa

Geological Magazine

Volumn 142, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 355-368

  Ring, Uwe ^a   Schwartz, Hilde L ^b   Bromage, Timothy G ^c   Sanaane, Charles ^d  

^a JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c NEW YORK UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF DENTISTRY   (United States)

^d MUHIMBILI UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH AND ALLIED SCIENCES   (Tanzania)

Author keywords

East African Rift; Extension; Faults; Kinematic analysis; Sedimentology

Indexed keywords

FAULTING; GEOLOGIC MODELS; SEDIMENTOLOGY;

EAST AFRICAN RIFT; EXTENSION; FLUVIAL SEDIMENTATIONS; KINEMATIC ANALYSIS; MAGMATIC ACTIVITY; STRUCTURAL EVOLUTION; TANZANIA , EAST AFRICA; TANZANIA CRATONS;

KINEMATICS;

CRUSTAL EVOLUTION; EXTENSIONAL TECTONICS; FAULT GEOMETRY; KINEMATICS; RIFTING;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; TANZANIA; WORLD;

EID: 26944500127     PISSN: 00167568     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0016756805000841     Document Type: Article

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