Evidence for Strong Controls from Preexisting Structures on Border Fault Development and Basin Evolution in the Malawi Rift from 3D Lacustrine Refraction Data

Natalie J Accardo1, Donna J Shillington1, James B Gaherty2, Christopher A Scholz3, Cynthia J Ebinger4, Andrew Nyblade5, Tannis McCartney6, Patrick Rafiki N Chindandali7, Godson Kamihanda8 and Richard Ferdinand-Wambura9, (1)Columbia University of New York, Palisades, NY, United States, (2)Columbia University, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Palisades, NY, United States, (3)Syracuse University, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Syracuse, United States, (4)Tulane University, School of Science & Engineering, New Orleans, United States, (5)Pennsylvania State University, Department of Geosciences, University Park, United States, (6)Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY, United States, (7)Northern Arizona University, School of Earth and Sustainability, Flagstaff, AZ, United States, (8)Geological Survey of Tanzania, Dodoma, Tanzania, (9)University of Dar es Salaam, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania