Paleomagnetic and rock magnetic properties of rocks from south western and western parts of Kenya
Abstract
This thesis presents the results of paleomagnetic
and rock magnetic studies of the rocks from South West"
Kenya and of the Precambrian Granites from the Western
part of Kenya.
The rocks from South Western Kenya consist of
basalts, trachytes, nephelinites, melanephelinites,
olivine melanephelinites, ignimbrites and welded tuff.
The rocks have been classified into five groups based
on their Stability Index of the NRM. The correlation
of the Stability Index with opaque petrology and
thermomagnetic analyses appears to be significant.
The highly oxidized ..specimens are found to carry