The Influence of Inherited Brittle Fabrics on Continental Rifting: Insights from Centrifuge Experimental Modeling and application to the East African Rift System

Yaoyao Zou1, Giacomo Corti2, Daniele Maestrelli2, Chiara Del Ventisette3, Liang Wang4 and Chuanbo Shen1, (1)China University of Geosciences, Key Laboratory of Tectonics and Petroleum Resources of the Ministry of Education, Wuhan, China, (2)Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Istituto di Geoscienze e Georisorse, Florence, Italy, (3)University of Florence, Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra, Florence, Italy, (4)China Earthquake Administration, Geophysical Exploration Center, Zhengzhou, China