Crustal Structure Across the Okavango Rift, Botswana: The SEISORZ Wide-Angle Seismic Experiment

2026 Preprint Open access

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Authors: Juan Pablo Canales
DOI: 10.22541/au.176800064.48146820/v1
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Abstract

• The Okavango Rift Zone is developing in a ~130-km-wide region of the Damara Belt characterized by more than 7 km of crustal thinning. • Low crustal Vp beneath the Okavango Rift Zone suggests damaging from rift-related faulting and deformation and elevated temperatures.

Fields of Study & Subjects

Geological and Geophysical Studies Seismic Waves and Analysis earthquake and tectonic studies

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Publication date
9 January 2026
Document type
Preprint