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Box-fault systems and ramps: atypical associations of structures from the eastern shoulder of the Kenya Rift

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 May 2009

P. S. Griffiths
P. S. Griffiths
Affiliation:
Geology Department, University of Zambia, P.O. Box 2379, Lusaka, Zambia
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Summary

Box-fault systems are striking arrangements of short faults that are associated with complex groups of elongate, tilted fault blocks (ramps). They occur within the faulted eastern shoulder of the Rift Valley, close to the equatorial bend in its alignment. This association of small-scale structures is shown to be integrated within the large-scale, asymmetrical structural pattern of the equatorial bend.

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Geological Magazine , Volume 117 , Issue 6 , November 1980 , pp. 579 - 586
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1980

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