Structural expression of extreme rift-flank uplift

该项目结合卫星图像的解释，详细的构造场绘图，断层运动学分析，断层模式和断层生长的数值模拟，以及富含粘土的断层泥的年代测定来回答以下问题：（1）断层运动学是否在裂谷过程中发生变化，如果发生变化，断层运动学的变化对极端裂谷翼隆起是否重要？(2)不同断层世代的年龄是多少？(3)几个裂谷块体的极端隆升是如何发生的？将利用卫星图像和区域照片绘制断层图，并将确定关键断层并详细绘制结构图。重要的是要了解是否存在不同世代的断层，如果存在，这些不同世代的断层是否具有不同的运动学。如果有断层运动学（走向，倾斜与倾滑）的变化，在时间，然后出现的问题，这些变化是如何与鲁文佐里山脉的隆起。断层泥的年代测定将确定裂谷运动学的可能变化，断层的年代可以与低温年代学的数据进行比较，以测试运动学变化是否与隆起脉冲相吻合。全球定位系统测量将限制大规模板块运动，并可用于确定外部边界条件。断层模式，在数值模型中开发作为外部边界条件的函数将与自然的例子进行比较，以获得更好的理解的极端隆升的鲁文佐里山脉。

This project combines interpretation of satellite images, detailed structural field mapping, kinematic analysis of faults, numerical modelling of fault patterns and fault growth, and dating of clay-rich fault gouge to answer the following questions: (1) Do fault kinematics change during rifting and if, are changes in fault kinematics important for extreme rift-flank uplift? (2) What is the age of different fault generations? (3) How can extreme uplift of a few rift blocks take place? Faults will be mapped using satellite images and areal photographs and key faults will be identified and structurally mapped in detail. It will be important to see whether or not various generations of faults exist and, if so, whether these different generations have different kinematics. If there are changes in fault kinematics (strike-, oblique vs dip-slip) in time, then the questions arises as to how these changes are related to the uplift of the Rwenzori Mountains. Dating of fault gouges will date possible changes in rift kinematics and age of faulting can be compared with data from low-temperature chronology to test whether or not kinematic changes coincided with uplift pulses. GPS measurements will constrain large-scale plate motions and can be used to define external boundary conditions. Fault patterns that develop in the numerical model as a function of external boundary conditions will be compared with the natural examples in order to obtain a better understanding of the extreme uplift of the Rwenzori Mountains.