Recurrence of large earthquakes in magmatic continental rifts: Insights from a paleoseismic study along the Laikipia-Marmanet fault, Subukia Valley, Kenya rift

Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America

Volumn 99, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 61-70

  Zielke, Olaf ^a   Strecker, Manfred R ^b  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF POTSDAM   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEBRIS; ENGINEERING GEOLOGY; HYDRAULIC STRUCTURES; MINERALS; NEMATIC LIQUID CRYSTALS; STRAIN; SURFACE TOPOGRAPHY; SURVEYS;

CONTINENTAL RIFTS; CURRENT MODELS; DEBRIS SLIDES; DIFFUSION MODELING; DIKE INTRUSIONS; ELASTIC STRAINS; FAULT DIPS; FAULT SCARPS; GEOTHERMAL ACTIVITIES; HIGH FREQUENCIES; KENYA RIFTS; LATE QUATERNARIES; ORIENTED STRUCTURES; SEISMIC CHARACTERS; SEISMIC EVENTS; SHALLOW DEPTHS; SURFACE RUPTURES; TOPOGRAPHIC SURVEYS; TOTAL STATIONS; UPLIFT RATES;

EARTHQUAKES;

EARTHQUAKE RECURRENCE; EARTHQUAKE RUPTURE; FAULT ZONE; MAGMATISM; PALEOSEISMICITY; RIFT ZONE; UPLIFT;

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

EID: 60649092937     PISSN: 00371106     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1785/0120080015     Document Type: Article

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