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 …

Based on observations in both the laboratory and the Earth, we develop the hypothesis that
plate boundaries are lubricated by networks of melt‐rich shear zones. Such lubrication …

The East African rift in Ethiopia is unique worldwide because it captures the final stages of
transition from continental rifting to seafloor spreading. A recent study there has shown that …

Ethiopia is a key site to investigate the interactions between mantle dynamics and surface
processes because of the presence of the Main Ethiopian Rift (MER), Cenozoic continental …

Continental rifting has a fundamental role in the tectonic behaviour of the Earth, sha** the
surface we live on. Although there is not yet a consensus about the dominant mechanism for …

Ethiopia is a region where continental rifting gives way to oceanic spreading. Yet the role
that pre‐existing lithospheric structure, melt, mantle flow, or active upwellings may play in …

The study of seismic body waves is an integral aspect in global, exploration and engineering
scale seismology, where the forward modeling of waves is an essential component in …

The diverse geology of the African continent has provided the geoscientific community with
an unparallel opportunity to examine and understand complex endogenic and exogenic …

To investigate the subduction dynamics in northwestern South America, we measured SKS
and slab‐related local S splitting at 38 seismic stations. Comparison between the delay …

Understanding the dynamics and evolution of continental rifting is broadly important for our
understanding of plate tectonics. The northern East African Rift offers an excellent …