Study uses satellite imagery to identify active magma systems in East Africa's Rift Valley
Wednesday, November 4, 2009 - 15:21
in Earth & Climate
A team from the University of Miami, University of El Paso and University of Rochester have employed Interferometric Synthetic Aperture Radar (InSAR) images compiled over a decade to study volcanic activity in the African Rift. The study, published in the November issue of Geology, studies the section of the rift in Kenya.
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