Continental rift evolution: from rift initiation to incipient break-up in the Main Ethiopian Rift, East Africa

G Corti - Earth-science reviews, 2009‏ - Elsevier
The Main Ethiopian Rift is a key sector of the East African Rift System that connects the Afar
depression, at Red Sea–Gulf of Aden junction, with the Turkana depression and Kenya Rift …

Basalt geochemistry as a diagnostic indicator of tectonic setting

L **a, X Li - Gondwana Research, 2019‏ - Elsevier
Basalt geochemistry can be used as a diagnostic indicator for determining the tectonic
setting of origin, because specific plate tectonic settings often impart distinctive geochemical …

Porphyry deposits: Characteristics and origin of hypogene features

E Seedorff, JH Dilles, JM Proffett, MT Einaudi… - 2005‏ - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
Porphyry deposits arguably represent the most economically important class of nonferrous
metallic mineral resources. These magmatic-hydrothermal deposits are characterized by …

Alkaline-silicate REE-HFSE systems

CD Beard, KM Goodenough, AM Borst… - Economic …, 2023‏ - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
Abstract Development of renewable energy infrastructure requires critical raw materials,
such as the rare earth elements (REEs, including scandium) and niobium, and is driving …

Slowing of India's convergence with Eurasia since 20 Ma and its implications for Tibetan mantle dynamics

P Molnar, JM Stock - Tectonics, 2009‏ - Wiley Online Library
Reconstructions of the relative positions of the India and Eurasia plates, using recently
revised histories of movement between India and Somalia and between North America and …

[HTML][HTML] The lithospheric architecture of Africa: Seismic tomography, mantle petrology, and tectonic evolution

GC Begg, WL Griffin, LM Natapov… - …, 2009‏ - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
We present a new analysis of the lithospheric architecture of Africa, and its evolution from ca.
3.6 Ga to the present. Upper-lithosphere domains, generated or reworked in different time …

[ספר][B] Global tectonics

P Kearey, KA Klepeis, FJ Vine - 2009‏ - books.google.com
The third edition of this widely acclaimed textbook provides a comprehensive introduction to
all aspects of global tectonics, and includes major revisions to reflect the most significant …

A review of Wilson Cycle plate margins: A role for mantle plumes in continental break-up along sutures?

SJH Buiter, TH Torsvik - Gondwana Research, 2014‏ - Elsevier
Abstract The Wilson Cycle theory that oceans close and reopen along the former suture is a
fundamental concept in plate tectonics. It was named after J. Tuzo Wilson who recognised …

The Cenozoic magmatism of East-Africa: Part I—Flood basalts and pulsed magmatism

TO Rooney - Lithos, 2017‏ - Elsevier
Abstract Cenozoic magmatism in East Africa results from the interplay between lithospheric
extension and material upwelling from the African Large Low Shear Velocity Province …

Evolution of the East African Rift System from trap-scale to plate-scale rifting

L Michon, V Famin, X Quidelleur - Earth-Science Reviews, 2022‏ - Elsevier
Many continental rifts are subjected to volcanism in tandem with rifting, which has raised a
long-standing debate about whether magmatism is the cause or the consequence of plate …