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 …

The discipline of seismology is based on observations of ground motion that are inherently
undersampled in space and time. Our basic understanding of earthquake processes and our …

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 …

Presenting a coherent synthesis of lithosphere studies, this book covers a range of
geophysical methods (seismic reflection, refraction, and receiver function methods; elastic …

The rifting of continents and evolution of ocean basins is a fundamental component of plate
tectonics, yet the process of continental break-up remains controversial. Plate driving forces …

Rifts feature highly in the geological history of the Earth, aswell as on the surfaces of other
solar system bodies such as Mars. On Earth, continental rifts can develop into new plate …

We use teleseismic waveform inversion, along with depth phase analysis, to constrain the
centroid depths and source parameters of large African earthquakes. The majority of seismic …

The volcanically active Main Ethiopian rift (MER) marks the transition from continental rifting
in the East African rift to incipient seafloor spreading in Afar. We use new seismicity data to …

The Afar depression is an ideal locale to study the role of extension and magmatism as
rifting progresses to seafloor spreading. Here we present receiver function results from new …

The Miocene‐Recent East African Rift in Ethiopia subaerially exposes the transitional stage
of rifting within a young continental flood basalt province. As such, it is an ideal study locale …