Incipient continental rifting: insights from the Okavango Rift Zone, northwestern Botswana

"In this dissertation aeromagnetic, gravity, and Shuttle Radar Topography Mission Digital Elevation Model (SRTM DEM) data from the Okavango Rift Zone in northwest Botswana are used to map the distribution of rift and basement structures. The distribution of these structures provide useful insights into the early stages of continental rifting. The objectives of this study are (1) assessing the role of pre-existing structures on rift basin development, (2) characterizing the geometry of the nascent rift basins, (3) documenting fault growth and propagation patterns, and (4) investigating the border fault development"--Abstract, page iv.

Name thesis:degree_name

Ph. D. in Geology and Geophysics

Grantor

University of Missouri--Rolla

Year dc:date.available

2016

Author dc:creator

• Kinabo, Baraka D.

• Geology
• Geophysics and Seismology

Repository record dc:identifier

https://scholarsmine.mst.edu/doctoral_dissertations/2191

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:scholarsmine.mst.edu:doctoral_dissertations-3193