Seismic anisotropy and mantle dynamics beneath the Malawi Rift Zone, East Africa†
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DOI: 10.1002/2017tc004519
Abstract: SKS, SKKS, and PKS splitting parameters measured at 34 seismic stations that we deployed in the vicinity of the Cenozoic Malawi Rift Zone (MRZ) of the East African Rift System demonstrate systematic spatial variations with… read more here.
Keywords: rift zone; mantle; rift; seismic anisotropy ... See more keywords
Surface-wave imaging of the weakly-extended Malawi Rift from ambient-noise and teleseismic Rayleigh waves from onshore and lake-bottom seismometers
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DOI: 10.1093/gji/ggx133
Abstract: Located at the southernmost sector of the Western Branch of the East African Rift System, the Malawi Rift exemplifies an active, magma-poor, weakly extended continental rift. To investigate the controls on rifting, we image crustal… read more here.
Keywords: ambient noise; malawi; weakly extended; rift ... See more keywords
Crustal structure surrounding the northern Malawi rift and beneath the Rungwe Volcanic Province, East Africa
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DOI: 10.1093/gji/ggy331
Abstract: David Borrego,1 Andrew A. Nyblade,1 Natalie J. Accardo,2 James B. Gaherty,2 Cynthia J. Ebinger,3 Donna J. Shillington,2 Patrick R.N. Chindandali,4 Gabriel Mbogoni,5 Richard Wambura Ferdinand,6 Gabriel Mulibo6, J.P. O’Donnell,1 Marsella Kachingwe1 and Gabrielle Tepp5,7 1Department… read more here.
Keywords: northern malawi; rift beneath; malawi rift; crustal structure ... See more keywords