Crustal Structure at a Young Continental Rift: A Receiver Function Study From the Tanganyika Rift

• Published in: Tectonics (Washington, D.C.) Vol. 36; no. 12; pp. 2806 - 2822
• Main Authors: Hodgson, Isabel, Illsley‐Kemp, Finnigan, Gallacher, Ryan J., Keir, Derek, Ebinger, Cynthia J., Mtelela, Khalfan
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: 01.12.2017
• Subjects: Continental Rifting; East African Rift; Receiver Functions; Tanzania; Tectonics

The southern Tanganyika Rift, within the Western rift, Africa, has earthquakes to depths of 37 km, yet few constraints exist on crustal thickness, or of early stage rifting processes in apparently amagmatic rift sectors. The aim of the TANGA14 experiment was to constrain bulk crustal properties to t...