Influence of Pre-Existing Structures and Crustal Thickness Variations on the Evolution of the Northern Western Branch of the East African Rift
Liang Xue1, Estella A Atekwana2, Dr. D. Sarah Stamps, PhD3, Suzan van der Lee4, Folarin Kolawole5, Rob L Evans6, Andrew B Katumwehe7,8, Emmanuel Atem Njinju9, Asenath Kwagalakwe3 and Albert Kabanda10, (1)University of California Davis, Davis, CA, United States, (2)University of California Davis, Department of Earth & Planetary Sciences, Davis, CA, United States, (3)Virginia Tech, Department of Geosciences, Blacksburg, United States, (4)Northwestern University, Earth and Planetary Sciences, Evanston, United States, (5)Columbia University, Department of Earth & Environmental Sciences, Palisades, NY, United States, (6)Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, MA, United States, (7)Oklahoma State Univesrity, Stillwater, United States, (8)Oklahoma State University Main Campus, Stillwater, United States, (9)Baylor University, Department of Geosciences, Waco, TX, United States, (10)Northwestern University, Earth and Planetary Sciences, Evanston, IL, United States