Petrographic classifications of sand and sandstone proposed more than half a century ago
are still in use, although they were formulated at a time when depositional and post …

We review available data constraining the extent, volume, age and duration of all major
Phanerozoic continental flood basalts (CFB or traps) and oceanic plateaus (OP), together …

Abstract The East African Rift System transects the anomalously high-elevation Ethiopian
and East African plateaux that together form part of the 6,000-km-long African superswell …

Abstract Cenozoic magmatism in East Africa results from the interplay between lithospheric
extension and material upwelling from the African Large Low Shear Velocity Province …

Crustal structure in Kenya and Ethiopia has been investigated using receiver function
analysis of broadband seismic data to determine the extent to which the Cenozoic rifting and …

The association of anomalous topographic swells and widespread Cenozoic volcanism
within the African plate (Hoggar, Tibesti, Darfur, Ethiopian highlands, Kenyan dome) may …

Although gas exsolution is a major driving force behind explosive volcanic eruptions,
viscosity is critical in controlling the escape of bubbles and switching between explosive and …

One of the best places to investigate the role of a mantle plume in creating topography at the
onset of continental breakup is the Ethiopian volcanic province since it is the youngest and …

We present the results of velocity modelling of a recently acquired wide-angle seismic
reflection/refraction profile across the Main Ethiopian Rift. The models show a continental …

Abstract The Ethiopia Afar Geoscientific Lithospheric Experiment (EAGLE) was undertaken
to provide a snapshot of lithospheric break-up above a mantle upwelling at the transition …