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 …

The changes of mineral components, internal structure and water content of the rock after
heating lead to the variation of the physical and mechanical properties. This paper aims to …

The East African Rift (EAR) is a type locale for investigating the processes that drive
continental rifting and breakup. The current kinematics of this~ 5000 km long divergent plate …

High temperature may lead to the development of new microcracks or growth of pre-existing
microcracks within granite, varying its physical and mechanical properties. Experiments …

We use teleseismic waveform inversion, along with depth phase analysis, to constrain the
centroid depths and source parameters of large African earthquakes. The majority of seismic …

We carried out seismic tomography study to reveal three-dimensional (3D) seismic velocity
structures in the Noto peninsula, Japan, where swarm-like seismic activity started in …

While the surface of Tibet is undergoing pervasive pure shear, stable terranes, straddling
subsurface sutures, remain in the sub-continental lithospheric mantle (SCLM), attesting to its …

Detailed information on lateral variations in lithospheric properties can aid in understanding
how surface deformation relates to deep Earth processes. The effective elastic thickness, Te …

Continental rifting is responsible for the generation of major sedimentary basins, both during
rift inception and during the formation of rifted continental margins. Geophysical and field …

Tectonic inheritance deals with the influence of pre-existing or pre-rift elements on the
geometry, genesis and propagation of rift-related faults. Inheritance strongly controls the …