Magma chamber elongation as an indicator of intraplate stress field orientation: "borehole breakout mechanism" and examples from the Late Pleistocene to Recent Kenya Rift Valley

Bosworth, W., Burke, K. and Strecker, M. 2000. Magma chamber elongation as an indicator of intraplate stress field orientation: "borehole break-out mechanism" and examples from the Late Pleistocene to Recent Kenya Rift Valley. In: Stress, Strain and Structure, A volume in honour of W D. Means.
Eds: M.W. Jessell and J.L.Urai. Volume 2, Journal of the Virtual Explorer.

Magma chamber elongation as an indicator of intraplate stress field orientation: "borehole breakout mechanism" and examples from the Late Pleistocene to Recent Kenya Rift Valley

William Bosworth, Gebel el Zeit Petroleum Company, el Maadi, Egypt

Kevin Burke, Department of Geology, University of Houston, Houston, TX, USA

Manfred Strecker, Department of Geology, Universität Potsdam, Potsdam, Germany

Table of contents

Abstract
Introduction
Volcanic and Structural Setting of the Rift Valley Floor
Caldera Collapse
Stress Field History
Magma Chamber Elongation and Caldera Collapse Mechanisms
Discussion and Conclusions
References