Geodynamics of continental rift initiation and evolution

S Brune, F Kolawole, JA Olive, DS Stamps… - Nature Reviews Earth & …, 2023 - nature.com
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 …

Towards a process-based understanding of rifted continental margins

M Pérez-Gussinyé, JS Collier, JJ Armitage… - Nature Reviews Earth & …, 2023 - nature.com
Interactions between tectonic, magmatic, sedimentary and hydrothermal processes during
rifting and break-up of continental lithosphere lead to a variety of rifted margin types. As …

Drainage divide migration and implications for climate and biodiversity

C He, J Braun, H Tang, X Yuan… - Nature Reviews Earth & …, 2024 - nature.com
Drainage divides separate Earth's surface into individual river basins. Divide migration
impacts the evolution of landforms, regional climate, ecosystems and biodiversity. In this …

Coevolution of craton margins and interiors during continental break-up

TM Gernon, TK Hincks, S Brune, J Braun, SM Jones… - Nature, 2024 - nature.com
Many cratonic continental fragments dispersed during the rifting and break-up of Gondwana
are bound by steep topographic landforms known as 'great escarpments',,–, which rim …

Analog and Numerical Modeling of Rift‐Rift‐Rift Triple Junctions

D Maestrelli, S Brune, G Corti, D Keir, AA Muluneh… - …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Rift‐Rift‐Rift triple junctions are key features of emergent plate boundary networks
during fragmentation of a continent. A key example of such a setting is the Afar triple junction …

[HTML][HTML] Coupled surface to deep Earth processes: Perspectives from TOPO-EUROPE with an emphasis on climate-and energy-related societal challenges

S Cloetingh, P Sternai, A Koptev, TA Ehlers… - Global and Planetary …, 2023 - Elsevier
Understanding the interactions between surface and deep Earth processes is important for
research in many diverse scientific areas including climate, environment, energy …

The West African salt‐bearing rifted margin—Regional structural variability and salt tectonics between Gabon and Namibe

LM Pichel, E Legeay, JC Ringenbach, JP Callot - Basin Research, 2023 - earthdoc.org
Salt‐bearing rifted margins comprise some of the most structurally complex and
economically important sedimentary basin settings such as the South Atlantic and the Gulf of …

The Impact of Climate‐Driven Lake Level Changes on Mantle Melting in Continental Rifts

L Xue, JD Muirhead, R Moucha… - Geophysical …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Climate cycles fundamentally control surface processes that affect the distribution of water
and sediment, and their associated loads, across the Earth's surface. Here, we use a …

Coordination between deformation, precipitation, and erosion during orogenic growth

X Yuan, Y Li, S Brune, K Li, M Pons, SG Wolf - Nature Communications, 2024 - nature.com
Crustal thickening associated with orogenic growth elevates topography, causing
orographic enhancement of precipitation, which in turn facilitates local erosion and possibly …

Detrital zircon and apatite U-Pb provenance and drainage evolution of the Newark Basin during progressive rifting and continental breakup along the Eastern North …

ZS Foster-Baril, DF Stockli - Geosphere, 2023 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
Mesozoic rift basins of the Eastern North American Margin (ENAM) span from Florida in the
United States to the Grand Banks of Canada and formed during progressive extension prior …