Study uses satellite imagery to identify active magma systems in East Africa's Rift Valley

Surface deformation of 4 active volcanoes captured on InSAR underscore possibility for human hazard, potential of geothermal resources

		IMAGE: A team from University of Miami, University of El Paso and University of Rochester used Interferometric Synthetic Aperture Radar (InSAR) images compiled over a decade to study volcanic activity in... Click here for more information.

BOULDER, Colo. – 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.