The lithospheric structure of the Kenya Rift as revealed by wide-angle seismic measurements

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 164, Issue , 2000, Pages 257-269

  Khan, M A ^a   Mechie, J ^b   Birt, C ^a   Byrne, G ^c   Gaciri, S ^d   Jacob, B ^e   Keller, G R ^f   Maguire, P K H ^a   Novak, O ^e   Nyambok, I O ^d   Patel, J P ^d   Prodehl, C ^c   Riaroh, D ^g   Simiyu, S ^g   Thybo, H ^h  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KARLSRUHE   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI   (Kenya)

^e DUBLIN INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED STUDIES   (Ireland)

^f UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT EL PASO   (United States)

^g Ministry of Energy   (Kenya)

^h UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HOT SPOT; LITHOSPHERIC STRUCTURE; MOHO; P-WAVE; RIFT ZONE; SEISMIC SURVEY; SEISMIC VELOCITY; VELOCITY STRUCTURE; VOLCANISM;

KENYA;

EID: 6744250457     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/GSL.SP.1999.164.01.13     Document Type: Article

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