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 …

Spatial and temporal quantification of subaerial volcanism from 1980 to 2019: solid products, masses, and average eruptive rates

F Galetto, ME Pritchard, AJ Hornby… - Reviews of …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Volcanism is one of the main mechanisms transferring mass and energy between the
interior of the Earth and the Earth's surface. However, the global mass flux of lava, volcanic …

Drainage of a deep magma reservoir near Mayotte inferred from seismicity and deformation

S Cesca, J Letort, HNT Razafindrakoto, S Heimann… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
The dynamics of magma deep in the Earth's crust are difficult to capture by geophysical
monitoring. Since May 2018, a seismically quiet area offshore of Mayotte in the western …

The 2018–2019 seismo-volcanic crisis east of Mayotte, Comoros islands: seismicity and ground deformation markers of an exceptional submarine eruption

A Lemoine, P Briole, D Bertil, A Roullé… - Geophysical Journal …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
On 10 May 2018, an unprecedented long and intense seismic crisis started offshore, east of
Mayotte, the easternmost of the Comoros volcanic islands. The population felt hundreds of …

Genetic evidence for the origin of Aedes aegypti, the yellow fever mosquito, in the southwestern Indian Ocean

J Soghigian, A Gloria‐Soria, V Robert… - Molecular …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Aedes aegypti is among the best‐studied mosquitoes due to its critical role as a vector of
human pathogens and ease of laboratory rearing. Until now, this species was thought to …

The Comoros archipelago: a right-lateral transform boundary between the Somalia and Lwandle plates

V Famin, L Michon, A Bourhane - Tectonophysics, 2020 - Elsevier
The origin of the Comoros archipelago in the Mozambique channel is the subject of a
longstanding controversy. This volcanic chain has been successively interpreted as a …

The 2018-ongoing Mayotte submarine eruption: Magma migration imaged by petrological monitoring

C Berthod, E Médard, P Bachèlery, L Gurioli… - Earth and Planetary …, 2021 - Elsevier
Deep-sea submarine eruptions are the least known type of volcanic activity, due to the
difficulty of detecting, monitoring, and sampling them. Following an intense seismic crisis in …

Mantle xenolith-bearing phonolites and basanites feed the active volcanic ridge of Mayotte (Comoros archipelago, SW Indian Ocean)

C Berthod, E Médard, A Di Muro, T Hassen Ali… - … to Mineralogy and …, 2021 - Springer
Since 2018, the submarine east flank of Mayotte Island (Comoros archipelago) is the site of
a major eruption located at 3.5 km depth bsl on a WNW-ESE volcanic ridge. Samples …

[PDF][PDF] The unexpected Mayotte 2018–2020 seismic sequence: a reappraisal of the regional seismicity of the Comoros

D Bertil, N Mercury, C Doubre… - Comptes …, 2021 - comptes-rendus.academie-sciences …
Résumé The Mayotte seismic sequence that started on 10 May 2018, with a main shock of
magnitude Mw 5.9 on May 15, followed by a major offshore volcanic activity, raises several …

Nature of the crust beneath the islands of the Mozambique Channel: Constraints from receiver functions

A Dofal, FR Fontaine, L Michon, G Barruol… - Journal of African Earth …, 2021 - Elsevier
Starting in May 2018, a volcano-tectonic crisis occurred in the vicinity of Mayotte, a volcanic
island in the Comoros Archipelago in the Mozambique Channel. The origin of the volcanism …