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University of Missouri--Rolla
Incipient continental rifting: insights from the Okavango Rift Zone, northwestern Botswana
Abstract
dc:description.abstract"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.
Degree
thesis:*- Name thesis:degree_name
- Ph. D. in Geology and Geophysics
- Grantor
- University of Missouri--Rolla
- Year dc:date.available
- 2016
Author and committee
dc:creator, dc:contributor.*- Author dc:creator
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- Kinabo, Baraka D.
Subjects
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dc:identifier.*- Repository record dc:identifier
- https://scholarsmine.mst.edu/doctoral_dissertations/2191
- OAI identifier oai:identifier
- oai:scholarsmine.mst.edu:doctoral_dissertations-3193