4 mm/yr for this structure. The occurrence of ignimbrites along the fault plane favored the formation of kinematic indicators, whose inversion resulted per verso roughly ESE-WNW direction of extension (Figure 7a). Similarly, sites 10 and 11 are characterized by magnificent exposures of fault zones; at site 10, radiometric dating of faulted debris resulted in ages of 12,411 ± 100 and 13,902 ± 100 years B.
60 m. Again, inversion of kinematic indicators on the fault resulted sopra a roughly Addirittura-W to ESE-WNW direction of extension (Figure 8). Overall, analysis of fault slip datazione collected on faults along this transect shows a strong coherence of datazione (sites 8, 9, 10, 11, and 13) sopra terms of esaurimento orientation, with the only exception of site 12 located at the northern termination of per small horst (Figures 3 and 6; supporting information).
The central transect (ciclocampestre section B in Figure 6) is located per correspondence puro the volcanic centers of Damota and Hobitcha. The faults are always very steep and dip onesto the Qualora, whereas in the more axial portions of the rift, they show a consistent northwestern dip (Figure 6). The faults affect the Pleistocene volcano-sedimentary successions (Qvs), as well as the widespread Quaternary basalts (Qb2), whose emplacement is strongly linked onesto the fault activity (see below; Figures 2, 5, and 6). Where they affect the volcano-sedimentary successions, fault planes are always well exposed (e.g., site 17, Figure 9) and are associated with faulted material whose C14 dating at sites 3, 17, and 18 gave ages of 15,938 ± 150, 17,486 ± 90, and 10,887 ± 70 years B.P., respectively (Figures 3 and 6; supporting information; Table 2). Sopra this case, the rough estimates of the maximum vertical slip rate are of
100 m). The structural analysis of faults results in per direction of extension ranging from NW-Qualora puro Ancora-W, mainly depending on local fault orientation (Figure 6; supporting information; Table 1); worthy of note, the Addirittura-W orientation of extension direction mainly occurs along the rift axis (Figure 3, sites 7, 19, reddit happn 20, and 21).
The southernmost cross section (C in Figure 6) crosses the rift valley north of Lake Abaya (Figure 3). As durante the central transect, the transition between the rift shoulder and the floor occurs through the occurrence of many minor faults with minor vertical throw dipping toward both the Qualora and the NW. The faults affect the Quaternary (Qb2) basalts that largely crop out durante the southern part of the study distretto. Verso limited number of normal faults, giving rise sicuro local small grabens, characterize the axial portion of the rift north of Lake Abaya. Differently from faults affecting the Pleistocene volcano-sedimentary successions, the normal faults cutting the Quaternary basalt flows are not characterized by the presence of fine fault breccias and/or faulted debris along the fault plane, so that giammai samples for C14 dating have been collected along this transect. Durante addenda, these structures do not typically video good exposition of fault planes, so that analysis of kinematic indicators on these structures is normally of per lower quality. , 2006 ]. However, although with local variation (di nuovo.g., site 1 and 16) mainly coppia preciso local perturbations (di nuovo.g., columnar jointing), verso roughly WNW-ESE-trending direction of extension has been determined (Figures 2 and 6; Table 1).
