Thick lithosphere, deep crustal earthquakes and no melt: A triple challenge to understanding extension in the western branch of the East African Rift

Keyphrases

• Upper Mantle 100%
• East African Rift 100%
• Western Branch 100%
• Rifting 60%
• Magma Intrusion 60%
• Shear Wave Velocity 40%
• Rift 40%
• Continental Lithosphere 40%
• Thermal Alteration 40%
• Tomography 20%
• Low Temperature 20%
• Dynamic Model 20%
• Volcanism 20%
• Magmatism 20%
• Resolution Limit 20%
• Dyke 20%
• Surface Expression 20%
• Gravitational Force 20%
• Lower Crust 20%
• Elastic Deformation 20%
• Minimum Stress 20%
• Olivine 20%
• Bending Stress 20%
• East African Plateau 20%
• Rukwa Rift Basin 20%
• Lake Tanganyika 20%
• Brittle Deformation 20%
• Bending Behavior 20%
• Dynamic Feedback 20%
• Volcanic Centres 20%
• Geodynamic Model 20%
• Rift System 20%

Earth and Planetary Sciences

• Lithosphere 100%
• Rifting 100%
• Continental Lithosphere 66%
• Thermal Alteration 66%
• Tomography 33%
• Volcanism 33%
• Magmatism 33%
• Upper Mantle 33%
• Seismicity 33%
• Dynamic Models 33%
• Lower Crust 33%
• Geodynamics 33%
• Elastic Deformation 33%
• Brittle Deformation 33%
• Seismic Wave 33%