Characterizing Deformation Along an Early-Stage Rift: GPS Observations from the Northern Lake Malawi (Nyasa) Rift


Grant Bonnette1, Julie Elliott2, Zachary Molitor3, Matthew E Pritchard4, Scott L Nooner5, Cynthia J Ebinger6, Elifuraha Saria7, Daud Ntambila7, Patrick Rafiki N Chindandali8, Gabriel John Mbogoni9 and Christopher Andronicos10, (1)Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, United States, (2)Michigan State University, Earth and Environmental Sciences, East Lansing, MI, United States, (3)Purdue University, West Lafayette, United States, (4)Cornell University, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Ithaca, NY, United States, (5)University of North Carolina at Wilmington, Dept of Earth and Ocean Sciences, Wilmington, NC, United States, (6)Tulane University, School of Science & Engineering, New Orleans, United States, (7)Ardhi University, Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania, (8)Northern Arizona University, School of Earth and Sustainability, Flagstaff, AZ, United States, (9)Geological Survey of Tanzania, Dodoma, Tanzania, (10)Purdue University, Department of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences, West Lafayette, United States