[HTML][HTML] Tectonostratigraphic evolution and significance of the Afar Depression

V Rime, A Foubert, J Ruch, T Kidane - Earth-Science Reviews, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract The Afar Depression is a unique place on Earth where active rift processes can be
directly observed. It is believed to be close to continental breakup. The Afar hotspot has a …

The fundamental role of the Borborema and Benin–Nigeria provinces of NE Brazil and NW Africa during the development of the South Atlantic Cretaceous Rift system

RMD de Matos, A Krueger, I Norton, K Casey - Marine and Petroleum …, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract The Borborema and Benin–Nigeria Provinces are composed of a complex network
of Neoproterozoic mobile belts, and large-scale shear zones. The evolution of the South …

Formation of continental microplates through rift linkage: Numerical modeling and its application to the Flemish Cap and Sao Paulo Plateau

D Neuharth, S Brune, A Glerum… - Geochemistry …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Continental microplates are enigmatic plate boundary features, which can occur in
extensional and compressional regimes. Here we focus on microplate formation and their …

[HTML][HTML] Crustal exhumation and depocenter migration from the Alpine orogenic margin towards the Pannonian extensional back-arc basin controlled by inheritance

L Fodor, A Balázs, G Csillag, I Dunkl, G Héja… - Global and Planetary …, 2021 - Elsevier
The formation and deformation history of back-arc basins play a critical role in
understanding the tectonics of plate interactions. Furthermore, opening of extensional back …

The 2017 Eruption of Erta'Ale Volcano, Ethiopia: Insights into the shallow axial plumbing system of an incipient Mid‐Ocean Ridge

C Moore, T Wright, A Hooper… - Geochemistry, Geophysics …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
The final stage of continental breakup is often accompanied by abundant magmatism.
Erta'Ale volcano lies on the Nubia‐Arabia extensional boundary in Afar, Ethiopia, an …

Structural analysis of the Western Afar Margin, East Africa: Evidence for multiphase rotational rifting

F Zwaan, G Corti, F Sani, D Keir, AA Muluneh… - …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract The Afar region in East Africa represents a key location to study continental
breakup. We present an integrated structural analysis of the Western Afar Margin (WAM) …

Revealing 60 years of earthquake swarms in the southern Red Sea, Afar and the Gulf of Aden

J Ruch, D Keir, L Passarelli, D Di Giacomo… - Frontiers in Earth …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Earthquake swarms occur sporadically at divergent plate boundaries but their recurrence
over multiple decades and relation to magmatic spreading activity remain poorly …

[HTML][HTML] Evaluation of the source and mechanisms of groundwater recharge for the southern sections of the western Afar rift margin and associated rift floor

D Gidafie, D Nedaw, T Azagegn, B Abebe… - Journal of Hydrology …, 2024 - Elsevier
Abstract Study area Southern Sections of Western Afar rift margin and associated rift floor.
Study focus The purpose of this study is to identify the source and mechanisms of …

Quantitative analysis of faulting in the Danakil depression rift of Afar: The importance of faulting in the final stages of magma‐rich rifting

GL Hurman, D Keir, JM Bull, LC McNeill, AD Booth… - …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Magmatic intrusion and faulting both accommodate crustal extension in magma‐rich rifts.
However, quantitative constraints on the contribution of faulting to total extension and along …

Subsurface structure of magmatic segments during continental breakup: Perspectives from a gravity data analysis along the Main Ethiopian Rift

W Nigussie, K Mickus, D Keir, A Alemu… - Frontiers in Earth …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
In magma-rich continental rifts, extension is commonly localized as dike injection in discrete
magmatic segments which appear from surface geology to mimic the along-axis …