N
I
L. Mobutu
L. Edouard
L.Kivu
L.Victoria
L. Baringo
,Gregory Rift
\
<3
//
L.Mweru
S S
,
Z
#
#
S
:r..
Dares Salaam
main active
fault
---active fault
fault
--main dip of
rift tilted
/
fault block
E = Mt. Elgon
K = Mt. Kilimanjaro
0
500kin
I
,
.
.
.
I
Fig. 10.20. Map of the East African Rift valley system. These rifts began to form in the Early Miocene and are
infilled by thick sequences of volcanics and continental clastics. [Reprinted from Frostick, L. E. 1997. East African Rift basins. In "African Basins" (R. C. Selley, ed.), pp. 187-210, with permission from Elsevier Science.]
I
L. Mobutu
L. Edouard
L.Kivu
L.Victoria
L. Baringo
,Gregory Rift
\
<3
//
L.Mweru
S S
,
Z
#
#
S
:r..
Dares Salaam
main active
fault
---active fault
fault
--main dip of
rift tilted
/
fault block
E = Mt. Elgon
K = Mt. Kilimanjaro
0
500kin
I
,
.
.
.
I
Fig. 10.20. Map of the East African Rift valley system. These rifts began to form in the Early Miocene and are
infilled by thick sequences of volcanics and continental clastics. [Reprinted from Frostick, L. E. 1997. East African Rift basins. In "African Basins" (R. C. Selley, ed.), pp. 187-210, with permission from Elsevier Science.]