The Main Ethiopian Rift is a key sector of the East African Rift System that connects the Afar
depression, at Red Sea–Gulf of Aden junction, with the Turkana depression and Kenya Rift …

Many continental rifts are subjected to volcanism in tandem with rifting, which has raised a
long-standing debate about whether magmatism is the cause or the consequence of plate …

This unique book presents an overview of isostasy, a phenomenon of fundamental
importance to the earth sciences. Isostasy is a simple concept, yet it has long perplexed …

This study presents new major and trace element and Sr-Nd isotopic results for a suite of
Miocene-Recent mafic lavas from the Kivu volcanic province in the western branch of the …

The geology of northern and central Africa is characterized by broad plateaux, narrower
swells and volcanism occurring from∼ 45 Myr ago to the present. The greatest magma …

It is well accepted that the lithosphere may exhibit nonzero mechanical strength over
geological time and space scales, associated with the existence of non‐lithostatic …

This paper reports a new 1°× 1° global thermal model for the continental lithosphere (TC1).
Geotherms for continental terranes of different ages (> 3.6 Ga to present) constrained by …

Tertiary magmatism in Ethiopia has been linked to the thermal influence of the Afar mantle
plume. However, new laser 40Ar/39Ar ages for the volcanic succession in southern Ethiopia …

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Few constraints on the timing, amount and distribution of lithospheric extension associated
with flood-basalt magmatism were available from the southern Main Ethiopian rift system …