Earth and Planetary Science Letters, ISSN 0012-821X, 11/2018, Volume 502, pp. 210 - 220
Seismic reflection and multibeam echosounder data were acquired in the Mozambique Channel in 2014 and 2015 during the PTOLEMEE, PAMELA-MOZ02 and -MOZ04 marine...
Nubia plate | Mozambique Channel | active faults | plate boundary | Somalia plate | VOLCANISM | ISOLATED CARBONATE PLATFORMS | DAVIE-FRACTURE-ZONE | ZAMBEZI DELTA | GEOCHEMISTRY & GEOPHYSICS | SW INDIAN-OCEAN | MADAGASCAR | EAST-AFRICAN RIFT | BASIN | EARTHQUAKES | KINEMATICS | Strike-slip faults (Geology) | Lithosphere | Tectonics (Geology) | Earth Sciences | Sciences of the Universe | Oceanography | Tectonics
Nubia plate | Mozambique Channel | active faults | plate boundary | Somalia plate | VOLCANISM | ISOLATED CARBONATE PLATFORMS | DAVIE-FRACTURE-ZONE | ZAMBEZI DELTA | GEOCHEMISTRY & GEOPHYSICS | SW INDIAN-OCEAN | MADAGASCAR | EAST-AFRICAN RIFT | BASIN | EARTHQUAKES | KINEMATICS | Strike-slip faults (Geology) | Lithosphere | Tectonics (Geology) | Earth Sciences | Sciences of the Universe | Oceanography | Tectonics
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Terra Nova, ISSN 0954-4879, 12/2011, Volume 23, Issue 6, pp. 416 - 420
Terra Nova, 23, 416–420, 2011 New structural data from the SE Afar margin in Djibouti lead us to discriminate two recent (<1 Ma) extensional fault networks...
SYSTEM | MARGIN | GEOSCIENCES, MULTIDISCIPLINARY | SOMALIA PLATE | CRUSTAL STRUCTURE | GREENLAND | CONSTRAINTS | GENERATION | Plate tectonics | Geomorphology | Earth Sciences | Sciences of the Universe | Tectonics | Environmental Sciences | Global Changes
SYSTEM | MARGIN | GEOSCIENCES, MULTIDISCIPLINARY | SOMALIA PLATE | CRUSTAL STRUCTURE | GREENLAND | CONSTRAINTS | GENERATION | Plate tectonics | Geomorphology | Earth Sciences | Sciences of the Universe | Tectonics | Environmental Sciences | Global Changes
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Geophysical Journal International, ISSN 0956-540X, 07/2005, Volume 162, Issue 1, pp. 239 - 248
SUMMARY Diffuse plate boundaries, which are zones of deformation hundreds to thousands of kilometres wide, occur in both continental and oceanic lithosphere....
diffuse oceanic plate boundaries | rheology of the lithosphere | Diffuse oceanic plate boundaries | Rheology of the lithosphere | NUBIA | SOUTHWEST INDIAN RIDGE | CAPRICORN | DEFORMATION | GEOCHEMISTRY & GEOPHYSICS | MOTION | AUSTRALIAN PLATES | CONSTRAINTS | SOMALIA | LITHOSPHERE | STRESS
diffuse oceanic plate boundaries | rheology of the lithosphere | Diffuse oceanic plate boundaries | Rheology of the lithosphere | NUBIA | SOUTHWEST INDIAN RIDGE | CAPRICORN | DEFORMATION | GEOCHEMISTRY & GEOPHYSICS | MOTION | AUSTRALIAN PLATES | CONSTRAINTS | SOMALIA | LITHOSPHERE | STRESS
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Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, ISSN 0148-0227, 06/2011, Volume 116, Issue B6, p. n/a
Oceanic crust is accreted through the emplacement of dikes at spreading ridges, but the role of dike intrusion in plate boundary deformation during continental...
Afar | dike intrusion | seismicity | GEOCHEMISTRY & GEOPHYSICS | DE-FUCA RIDGE | CONTINENTAL RUPTURE | RED-SEA | PROPAGATING RIFTS | DABBAHU RIFTING EPISODE | NORTH-ICELAND | SOMALIA PLATE BOUNDARY | KRAFLA CENTRAL VOLCANO | KILAUEA-VOLCANO | MAGMA INTRUSION | Seismology | Plate tectonics | Volcanoes
Afar | dike intrusion | seismicity | GEOCHEMISTRY & GEOPHYSICS | DE-FUCA RIDGE | CONTINENTAL RUPTURE | RED-SEA | PROPAGATING RIFTS | DABBAHU RIFTING EPISODE | NORTH-ICELAND | SOMALIA PLATE BOUNDARY | KRAFLA CENTRAL VOLCANO | KILAUEA-VOLCANO | MAGMA INTRUSION | Seismology | Plate tectonics | Volcanoes
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The nature of the crust beneath the Afar triple junction: Evidence from receiver functions
Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, ISSN 1525-2027, 12/2011, Volume 12, Issue 12, p. n/a
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...
receiver functions | Ethiopia | rifting | MAIN ETHIOPIAN RIFT | POISSONS RATIO | MAGMA INTRUSION | GEOCHEMISTRY & GEOPHYSICS | UPPER-MANTLE | CONTINENTAL BREAKUP | SOUTHERN RED-SEA | EVOLUTION | EASTERN | SEISMIC-REFRACTION | SOMALIA PLATE BOUNDARY | Plate tectonics
receiver functions | Ethiopia | rifting | MAIN ETHIOPIAN RIFT | POISSONS RATIO | MAGMA INTRUSION | GEOCHEMISTRY & GEOPHYSICS | UPPER-MANTLE | CONTINENTAL BREAKUP | SOUTHERN RED-SEA | EVOLUTION | EASTERN | SEISMIC-REFRACTION | SOMALIA PLATE BOUNDARY | Plate tectonics
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Geophysical Research Letters, ISSN 0094-8276, 03/2008, Volume 35, Issue 5, pp. L05304 - n/a
The kinematics of the East African Rift (EAR) is the least well‐known of all major plate boundaries. Here, we show that present‐day data (a GPS+DORIS geodetic...
Continental tectonics | crust and lithosphere | Geodesy and Gravity | Rheology | Tectonic deformation | Seismology | Tectonophysics | extensional | Seismicity and tectonics | kinematics | geodesy | rifting | PLATE BOUNDARY | SYSTEM | LOCATION | NUBIA | MADAGASCAR | GEOSCIENCES, MULTIDISCIPLINARY | SOUTHWEST INDIAN RIDGE | SOMALIA | GPS | EARTHQUAKES | VELOCITIES
Continental tectonics | crust and lithosphere | Geodesy and Gravity | Rheology | Tectonic deformation | Seismology | Tectonophysics | extensional | Seismicity and tectonics | kinematics | geodesy | rifting | PLATE BOUNDARY | SYSTEM | LOCATION | NUBIA | MADAGASCAR | GEOSCIENCES, MULTIDISCIPLINARY | SOUTHWEST INDIAN RIDGE | SOMALIA | GPS | EARTHQUAKES | VELOCITIES
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Journal of Geophysical Research - Solid Earth, ISSN 0148-0227, 05/2007, Volume 112, Issue B5, pp. B05418 - n/a
Previously, we estimated the angular velocity of the Nubian plate relative to the Somalian plate from an updated set of spreading rates and transform fault...
Paleomagnetism applied to tectonics | general | Geographic Location | Indian Ocean | Marine Geology and Geophysics | Tectonophysics | regional, global | Africa | Geomagnetism and Paleomagnetism | Plate boundary | Plate tectonics | Somalia | Southwest Indian Ridge | Lwandle | Nubia | diffuse plate boundary | LOCATION | GEOCHEMISTRY & GEOPHYSICS | AFRICA | ANTARCTICA | MOTION | CAPRICORN | NORTH AMERICA | CLOSURE | BOUNDARY | STATISTICAL TESTS | GPS
Paleomagnetism applied to tectonics | general | Geographic Location | Indian Ocean | Marine Geology and Geophysics | Tectonophysics | regional, global | Africa | Geomagnetism and Paleomagnetism | Plate boundary | Plate tectonics | Somalia | Southwest Indian Ridge | Lwandle | Nubia | diffuse plate boundary | LOCATION | GEOCHEMISTRY & GEOPHYSICS | AFRICA | ANTARCTICA | MOTION | CAPRICORN | NORTH AMERICA | CLOSURE | BOUNDARY | STATISTICAL TESTS | GPS
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Experimental tests of simple models for the dynamics of diffuse oceanic plate boundaries
Geophysical Journal International, ISSN 0956-540X, 03/2006, Volume 164, Issue 3, pp. 624 - 632
SUMMARY Diffuse plate boundaries, which are zones of deformation hundreds to thousands of kilometres wide, occur in both continental and oceanic lithosphere....
diffuse plate boundaries | anolog experiments | rheology of the lithosphere | Anolog experiments | Diffuse plate boundaries | Rheology of the lithosphere | NUBIA | SOUTHWEST INDIAN RIDGE | CAPRICORN | RHEOLOGY | CONTINENTAL DEFORMATION | GEOCHEMISTRY & GEOPHYSICS | MOTION | AUSTRALIAN PLATES | CONSTRAINTS | SOMALIA | LITHOSPHERE | Analogue | Lithosphere | Images | Fluid flow | Mathematical models | Diffusion plating | Boundaries | Diffusion
diffuse plate boundaries | anolog experiments | rheology of the lithosphere | Anolog experiments | Diffuse plate boundaries | Rheology of the lithosphere | NUBIA | SOUTHWEST INDIAN RIDGE | CAPRICORN | RHEOLOGY | CONTINENTAL DEFORMATION | GEOCHEMISTRY & GEOPHYSICS | MOTION | AUSTRALIAN PLATES | CONSTRAINTS | SOMALIA | LITHOSPHERE | Analogue | Lithosphere | Images | Fluid flow | Mathematical models | Diffusion plating | Boundaries | Diffusion
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Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, ISSN 0148-0227, 03/2012, Volume 117, Issue B3, p. n/a
GPS observations along three profiles across the Ethiopian Rift and Afar triple junction record differences in the length scale over which extension is...
continental rifting | lithosphere | rift mechanics | East African Rift | rheology | GEOCHEMISTRY & GEOPHYSICS | MAIN-ETHIOPIAN-RIFT | SOUTHERN RED-SEA | DEPTH DISTRIBUTION | AFAR DEPRESSION | SEDIMENTARY BASIN FORMATION | SOUTHWEST INDIAN RIDGE | CRUSTAL STRUCTURE | SOMALIA PLATE BOUNDARY | MAGMATIC SEGMENTS | BUOYANCY FORCES | Localization | Magma | Lithosphere
continental rifting | lithosphere | rift mechanics | East African Rift | rheology | GEOCHEMISTRY & GEOPHYSICS | MAIN-ETHIOPIAN-RIFT | SOUTHERN RED-SEA | DEPTH DISTRIBUTION | AFAR DEPRESSION | SEDIMENTARY BASIN FORMATION | SOUTHWEST INDIAN RIDGE | CRUSTAL STRUCTURE | SOMALIA PLATE BOUNDARY | MAGMATIC SEGMENTS | BUOYANCY FORCES | Localization | Magma | Lithosphere
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Journal of African Earth Sciences, ISSN 1464-343X, 2005, Volume 43, Issue 1, pp. 334 - 378
We here summarize the evolution of the greater Red Sea–Gulf of Aden rift system, which includes the Gulfs of Suez and Aqaba, the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden...
Gulf of Suez | Red Sea | Gulf of Aden | Afar | Oceanic spreading | Gulf of Aqaba | Continental rifting | Plumes | plumes | DANAKIL DEPRESSION AFAR | CRUSTAL EVOLUTION | ALKALI BASALT PROVINCE | EAST-AFRICAN OROGEN | continental rifting | FISSION-TRACK ANALYSIS | SUEZ RIFT | WESTERN MARGIN | STRIKE-SLIP FAULTS | GEOSCIENCES, MULTIDISCIPLINARY | SOMALIA PLATE BOUNDARY | oceanic spreading | SAUDI-ARABIA | Magmatism | Rock cycle | Pumice | Geology | Rockslides | Bays | Rocks, Sedimentary | Limestone | Facies (Geology) | Sea level | Transform faults | Sedimentation | Sediments (Geology) | Shorelines | Basalt | Continental margins | Carbonates | Volcanism
Gulf of Suez | Red Sea | Gulf of Aden | Afar | Oceanic spreading | Gulf of Aqaba | Continental rifting | Plumes | plumes | DANAKIL DEPRESSION AFAR | CRUSTAL EVOLUTION | ALKALI BASALT PROVINCE | EAST-AFRICAN OROGEN | continental rifting | FISSION-TRACK ANALYSIS | SUEZ RIFT | WESTERN MARGIN | STRIKE-SLIP FAULTS | GEOSCIENCES, MULTIDISCIPLINARY | SOMALIA PLATE BOUNDARY | oceanic spreading | SAUDI-ARABIA | Magmatism | Rock cycle | Pumice | Geology | Rockslides | Bays | Rocks, Sedimentary | Limestone | Facies (Geology) | Sea level | Transform faults | Sedimentation | Sediments (Geology) | Shorelines | Basalt | Continental margins | Carbonates | Volcanism
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