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The East African rift system : geodynamics and natural resource potentials /

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...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Macheyeki, Athanas Simon (Author), Kafumu, Dalaly Peter, 1957- (Author)
Corporate Author: ScienceDirect (Online service)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Amsterdam : Elsevier, [2024]
Subjects:
Rifts (Geology) > Africa, Eastern.
Geology > Africa, Eastern.
Fossés (Géologie) > Afrique orientale.
Géologie > Afrique orientale.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of 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
  • 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)
  • 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
  • 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