Normal faults at the western margin of the Ririba rift. Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert! are not responsible for the accuracy of news releases posted to EurekAlert! by contributing institutions or for ...

What scientific question(s) does your research address and what motivates this work? We investigate the longstanding question of how strain is accommodated and transferred along rifts over time by ...

We tend to think earthquakes are predominantly driven by deep-Earth forces. But in Kenya’s Lake Turkana Rift, researchers recently found that as surface water levels dropped roughly 100 to 150 meters ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract Erosion and sedimentation constantly rework topography created by tectonics but also modulate stresses in the underlying crust by ...