Active transsection faults in rift transfer zones: Evidence for complex stress fields and implications for crustal fragmentation processes in the western branch of the East African Rift

International Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 99, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1633-1642

  Koehn, D ^a   Lindenfeld, M ^b   Rumpker G ^b   Aanyu, K ^a,c   Haines, S ^d   Passchier, C W ^a   Sachau, T ^a  

^a JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c MAKERERE UNIVERSITY   (Uganda)

^d PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Albertine Rift; East African Rift; Rotation; Rwenzori; Stress field; Uplift

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE FAULT; BLOCK ROTATION; CRUSTAL DEFORMATION; FRACTURE NETWORK; NUMERICAL MODEL; RIFT ZONE; SEISMOLOGY; SEISMOTECTONICS; STRESS FIELD; TRANSFER ZONE; UPLIFT;

EAST AFRICAN RIFT; RWENZORI MOUNTAINS; WESTERN RIFT;

EID: 77957944082     PISSN: 14373254     EISSN: 14373262     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00531-010-0525-2     Document Type: Article

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