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1 online resource |
| Contents |
Front Cover -- The East African Rift System -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Foreword -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- 1 Rifts and rifting -- 1.1 Rift systems and their origins -- 1.2 Types of rifts -- 1.2.1 Based on mode of extension -- 1.2.2 Based on geometry and kinematics -- 1.3 Rifting and their driving forces -- 1.4 Rifting hypotheses and controversies -- 1.5 Rifts geomorphology -- 1.6 Active and passive continental margins -- 1.7 Faults and rift segments -- 1.8 Rifts stress regimes -- 1.8.1 Extensional and compressional regimes -- 1.8.2 Transpressional and transtensional regimes |
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1.9 Pure and simple shear strain rift geometry -- 1.10 Rifts accommodation zones -- 1.11 Rift propagation numeric models -- 1.12 Rift reactivation and slip tendency analysis -- 1.13 Earthquakes in rift systems -- 1.14 Volcanic eruptions in rift systems -- 1.15 Seismic arrays in imaging rifting -- 1.16 Rift plumes and other deep structures geophysical studies -- 1.17 Rift processes and interferometric synthetic aperture radar (InSAR) interferometry studies -- 1.18 Chapter summary -- References -- 2 Architecture and geology -- 2.1 The architecture of the East African Rift System (EARS) |
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2.1.1 Eastern branch -- 2.1.2 Western branch -- 2.1.3 Southeastern branch -- 2.1.4 Indian Ocean branch (IOB) -- 2.1.5 Southwestern branch -- 2.2 The geology of the EARS -- 2.3 Deep structures -- 2.3.1 Ethiopia, Djibouti, and Eritrea -- 2.3.2 Tanzania and Kenya -- 2.3.3 Malawi -- 2.3.4 Botswana -- References -- 3 Geodynamics -- 3.1 Rifting -- 3.2 Magmatism and dykes -- 3.2.1 Characteristics of the Afar region magmatism -- 3.2.2 Mode of emplacement of the Afar volcanoes -- 3.2.3 Characteristics of south Ethiopia and Kenyan volcanoes -- 3.2.4 Characteristics of the Tanzanian Volcanoes |
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3.2.4.1 The Oldoinyo Lengai volcano -- 3.2.4.1.1 Oldoinyo Lengai tectonomagmatic model of emplacement -- 3.2.4.1.2 The Kilimanjaro volcano -- 3.2.4.1.3 Mode of emplacement of the Kilimanjaro volcano -- 3.2.4.2 The Hanang volcano -- 3.2.4.2.1 Hanang tectonomagmatic model of emplacement -- 3.2.4.3 The Rungwe volcanic province -- 3.2.4.3.1 Mode of emplacement of the Rungwe volcanic province volcanoes -- 3.2.5 Characteristics of the Virunga volcanic province -- 3.2.5.1 The Nyamulagira and Nyiragongo volcanoes -- 3.2.5.2 Mode of emplacement of the Nyamulagira and Nyiragongo volcanoes |
| Summary |
The East African Rift System: Geodynamics and Natural Resource Potentials provides state-of-the-art knowledge on the processes pertaining to intra continental rifting, including the principles of rifting, volcanic activities, and microplates. The book also provides knowledge on key natural resources available in the rift system such as geothermal and mineral resources and hydrogeological and hydrocarbon resources. Each aspect discussed in the East African Rift System has its equivalent case study, giving readers interested in each rift of the world a way to connect or link to their rift system of interest, be it a sub-chapter on rifting processes or natural resource models. The book also describes rifting models of selected major rifts (especially continental rifts) of the world, such as the Basin and Range Province, Rio Grande (USA); Rhine Graben (France and Germany); the Tibetan Rohai (Tibet); the Shaanxi Bohai (China); Lake Baikal (Russia); North Island (Australia) and the Aegean Sea Rift (Turkey). Key aspects presented are: rift type, rift age, rift physical dimensions, geothermal gradient models, natural resources and where possible, models of exploration of particular natural resources have been provided |
| Notes |
Includes index |
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Online resource; title from PDF title page (ScienceDirect, viewed March 20, 2024) |
| Subject |
Rifts (Geology) -- Africa, Eastern
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Geology -- Africa, Eastern
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Kafumu, Dalaly Peter, author
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