Tectonic control over active volcanism at a range of scales: Case of the Rungwe Volcanic Province, SW Tanzania; and hazard implications

Journal of African Earth Sciences

Volumn 58, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 764-777

  Fontijn, Karen ^a   Delvaux, Damien ^b   Ernst, Gerald G J ^a   Kervyn, Matthieu ^a   Mbede, Evelyne ^c,d   Jacobs, Patric ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b ROYAL MUSEUM FOR CENTRAL AFRICA   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF DAR ES SALAAM   (Tanzania)

^d Ministry of Science   (Tanzania)

Author keywords

Rungwe Volcanic Province; Vent spatial distribution; Volcanism tectonics interaction; Volcano instability

Indexed keywords

DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; FAULTING; HYDROTHERMAL VENT; RADAR IMAGERY; REMOTE SENSING; SEISMOTECTONICS; SHUTTLE RADAR TOPOGRAPHY MISSION; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TOPOGRAPHIC MAPPING; VOLCANIC EARTHQUAKE; VOLCANISM;

MBEYA [TANZANIA]; MOUNT RUNGWE; TANZANIA;

EID: 77956266484     PISSN: 1464343X     EISSN: 1464343X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jafrearsci.2009.11.011     Document Type: Article

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