Variations in late syn-rift melt alignment inferred from shear-wave splitting in crustal earthquakes beneath the Ethiopian rift

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 32, Issue 23, 2005, Pages 1-4

  Keir, Derek ^a   Kendall, J M ^b,c   Ebinger, C J ^a   Stuart, G W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; CRYSTALLINE ROCKS; DEFORMATION; EARTHQUAKES; MICROCRACKS; MOLTEN MATERIALS; SHEAR WAVES; STRAIN; STRESSES; TOMOGRAPHY;

CRUSTAL ANISOTROPY MEASUREMENTS; CRUSTAL EARTHQUAKES; EARTHQUAKE TOMOGRAPHY; MAIN ETHIOPIAN RIFT (MER); SHALLOW PARTIAL MELT; SHEAR-WAVE SPLITTING;

SEISMOLOGY;

EARTHQUAKE; RIFT ZONE; S-WAVE;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICAN RIFT; ETHIOPIAN RIFT; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 31544448813     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005GL024150     Document Type: Article

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