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<p>Rifts (Geology) -- Botswana<br />Seismic waves -- Mathematical models<br />Shear waves -- Measurement<br />Earth (Planet) -- Mantle<br />Anisotropy</p>
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Seismological Investigation Of The Okavango Rift, Botswana, Youqiang Yu
Seismological Investigation Of The Okavango Rift, Botswana, Youqiang Yu
Doctoral Dissertations
The mechanisms of rifting have been intensively investigated using geological and geophysical techniques beneath mature rift zones. However, current understanding on the earliest stages of rifting is seriously limited. Here we employ recently archived data from 17 broadband seismic stations traversing northern Botswana to conduct the first shear wave splitting and mantle transition zone (MTZ) studies within the Okavango Rift Zone (ORZ). The ORZ is an incipient continental rift situated at the terminal of the southwestern branch of the East African Rift System. The resulting normal MTZ thickness and consistently rift-parallel fast polarizations imply an absence of significant thermal anomalies …