Earthquake distribution patterns in Africa: Their relationship to variations in lithospheric and geological structure, and their rheological implications

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 185, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 403-434

  Craig, T J ^a   Jackson, J A ^a   Priestley, K ^a   Mckenzie, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Africa; Dynamics: gravity and tectonics; Earthquake source observations; Seismicity and tectonics

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE REGIONS; AFRICA; ARCHEAN; COMPRESSIONAL; COMPRESSIONAL DEFORMATION; CONGO BASINS; CONTINENTAL MARGIN; DEPTH PHASE; DISTRIBUTION PATTERNS; EARTHQUAKE SOURCE OBSERVATIONS; EAST AFRICA; EAST AFRICAN RIFT; GEOLOGICAL STRUCTURES; GRAVITY ANOMALIES; LITHOSPHERIC; LITHOSPHERIC THICKNESS; LONG WAVELENGTH; LOWER CRUST; PROTEROZOIC; SEISMIC ACTIVITY; SEISMICITY AND TECTONICS; SOURCE PARAMETERS; SURFACE-WAVE TOMOGRAPHY; TELESEISMIC WAVEFORMS;

EARTHQUAKES; GEOLOGIC MODELS; SURFACE WAVES; TOMOGRAPHY;

TECTONICS;

CONTINENTAL MARGIN; DEFORMATION; EARTHQUAKE PRECURSOR; LITHOSPHERIC STRUCTURE; PROTEROZOIC; SEISMICITY; SURFACE WAVE; TELESEISMIC WAVE; WAVEFORM ANALYSIS;

CONGO BASIN;

EID: 79952721725     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: 1365246X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2011.04950.x     Document Type: Article

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