THE ROLE OF PRE-EXISTING STRUCTURES IN THE INITIATION OF THE NORTHERN WESTERN BRANCH OF THE EAST AFRICAN RIFT SYSTEM
KWAGALAKWE, Asenath1, STAMPS, D. Sarah2, NALIBOFF, John3, TAYLOR, Michael4, RAJAONARISON, Tahiry3, MWONGYERA, Hillary4, EVANS, Rob L.5, ATEKWANA, Estella6, KATUMWEHE, Andrew7, ATEKWANA, Eliot A.6, TUGUME, Fred8 and KIBERU, John Mary9, (1)Department of Geosciences, Virginia Tech, 926 West Campus Drive (MC0420), 4044 Derring Hall, Blacksburg, VA 24061, (2)Department of Geosciences, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA 24061, (3)Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, New Mexico Tech, Soccoro, NM 87801, (4)Department of Geology, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS 66045, (5)Geology and Geophysics, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Clark South 172, MS 24, Woods Hole, MA 02543, (6)College of Letters and Science, University of California, Davis, One Shields Ave, Davis, CA 95616, (7)Kimbell School of Geosciences, Midwestern State University, 3410 Taft Boulevard, Wichita Falls, TX 76308, (8)Geological Survey of Uganda, Department of Geological Survey and Mines, Entebbe, Entebbe, Uganda, (9)Department of Geology & Petroleum Studies, Makerere University, Kampala, Kampala Uganda, Uganda