Active fault segments as potential earthquake sources: Inferences from integrated geophysical mapping of the Magadi fault system, southern Kenya Rift

Journal of African Earth Sciences

Volumn 57, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 345-359

  Kuria, Z N ^a,b   Woldai, T ^b   Meer, F D van der ^b   Barongo, J O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI   (Kenya)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Aeromagnetic; Earthquakes; Electrical resistivity imaging; Fault; Lake Magadi; Magnetic survey

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE FAULT; AEROMAGNETIC SURVEY; ASTER; DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; EARTHQUAKE MECHANISM; ELECTRICAL RESISTIVITY; FAULT ZONE; FOCAL MECHANISM; GEODYNAMICS; GEOPHYSICAL METHOD; GEOTHERMAL SYSTEM; GRABEN; INTEGRATED APPROACH; MAGNETIC SURVEY; NEOTECTONICS; RIFTING; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SEISMIC SOURCE; SEISMICITY; TECTONIC SETTING; TWO-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; VOLCANISM;

EAST AFRICAN RIFT; KENYA; KENYA RIFT; LAKE MAGADI; RIFT VALLEY;

EID: 77950867791     PISSN: 08995362     EISSN: 1464343X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jafrearsci.2009.11.004     Document Type: Article

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