A continental rift is a nascent plate boundary where the lithosphere is thinned by tectonic
activity. Some continental rifts undergo extension to the point that they generate a new …

Over the past two decades, multidisciplinary studies have unearthed a rich history of
volcanic activity and unrest in the densely-populated East African Rift System, providing new …

Over the last few decades, significant advances in using geophysical techniques to image
the structure of magma plumbing systems have enabled the identification of zones of melt …

Among the various university courses I took for my geoscience degree, volcanology and
structural geology motivated me by far the most. Volcanoes and deformed rocks are indeed …

Continental rifts are important sources of mantle carbon dioxide (CO2) emission into Earth's
atmosphere,–. Because deep carbon is stored for long periods in the lithospheric mantle …

Our understanding of the tectonic development of the African continent and the interplay
between its geological provinces is hindered by unevenly distributed seismic …

Southern Africa is typically considered to belong to a single tectonic plate, Nubia, despite
active faulting along the southwestern branch of the East African Rift System. We analyze …

Abstract The Central African Plateau (CAP) covers a million square kilometers of African
lithosphere absent of recent volcanism and intense seismicity. Treating the CAP erosion …

Unusually deep earthquakes occur beneath rift segments with and without surface
expressions of magmatism in the East African Rift system. The Tanganyika rift is part of the …

Africa's Cenozoic tectonism is often attributed to mantle plumes, particularly below East
Africa, but their morphology, number, location, and impact on the African lithosphere are …