dc.contributor.advisor | Atekwana, Estella A. | |
dc.contributor.author | Kolawole, Folarin | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2018-06-08T19:57:47Z | |
dc.date.available | 2018-06-08T19:57:47Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2017-07-01 | |
dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/11244/300001 | |
dc.description.abstract | The 2009 Karonga, Malawi earthquake caused a surface rupture length of 14-18 km along a single W-dipping fault on the hanging wall of the North Basin of the Malawi Rift. This part of the rift is underlain by the NW-trending Precambrian Mughese Shear Zone (MSZ). I used aeromagnetic and electrical resistivity data to elucidate the relationship between surface rupture locations and pre-existing structures. Although several magnetic lineaments are visible in the basement, mapped surface ruptures align with a single 37 km-long, 148°-162° - striking magnetic lineament dipping 40°SW, and is characterized by a zone of electrical disturbance associated with near-surface soil liquefaction features. Fault geometries, regional kinematics and spatial distribution of seismicity suggest that seismogenic faults reactivated the basement fabric found along the half-graben hinge zone. I suggest that focusing of strain accommodation and seismicity along the half-graben hinge zone is facilitated and modulated by the presence of the basement fabric. | |
dc.format | application/pdf | |
dc.language | en_US | |
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dc.title | Mw 6.0 Karonga, Malawi Earthquake Occurred on Cenozoic Faults That Reactivated Precambrian Shear Zone: Evidence from Aeromagnetic and Electrical Resistivity Imaging | |
dc.contributor.committeeMember | Abdelsalam, Mohamed G. | |
dc.contributor.committeeMember | Lao-Davila, Daniel | |
osu.filename | Kolawole_okstate_0664M_15400.pdf | |
osu.accesstype | Open Access | |
dc.description.department | Geology | |
dc.type.genre | Thesis | |
dc.type.material | text | |