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 …

Traditionally, the emplacement of the Large Igneous Provinces (LIPs) is considered to have
caused continental break-up. However, this does not always seem to be the case, as …

Abstract The East Africa-Arabia topographic swell is an anomalously high-elevation region
of~ 4000 km long (from southern Ethiopia to Jordan) and~ 1500 km wide (from Egypt to …

We present a new model of radially anisotropic seismic wavespeeds for the crust and upper
mantle of a broad region of the Middle East and Southwest Asia (MESWA) derived from …

The unprecedentedly dense current sampling of the upper mantle with seismic data offers
an opportunity for determining representative seismic velocity models for the Earth's main …

The spatiotemporal interaction of large‐and regional‐scale upper mantle forces can prevail
in collisional settings. To better understand the role of these forces on post‐subduction …

We compile an extensive catalog comprising geochemistry and ages of Cenozoic volcanic
provinces in the Mediterranean region, distinguishing between three groups according to …

The structure, composition, and evolution of oceanic plateaus are poorly understood and
strongly debated. Here, we compared the magmatic history and crustal structure of Afar with …

A long-standing question in geodynamics is whether mantle flow is driven by the plate
motion alone, or mantle upwelling makes a significant contribution to it. Subducting slabs …

Variations in temperature within the Earth are of great interest because they indicate the
thickness and, consequently, mechanical strength of the lithosphere and density variations …