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Interaction of diking and surface processes during the onset of seafloor spreading
RIFT TO RIDGE: BRIDGING THE EXTENSIONAL GAP II ORAL
volcanology, geochemistry and petrology | 13 december 2024
Ameha Atnafu Muluneh, Sascha Brune, Sibiao Liu, An...
The transition from continental rifting to seafloor spreading is characterized by basin-ward localisation of deformation. Field observations and geody...
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Connection between the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden rifts in Afar
TECTONIC, MAGMATIC, AND GEODYNAMIC STUDIES OF RIFTS, RIFTED MARGINS, AND RIDGES II ORAL
tectonophysics | 10 december 2024
Ameha Atnafu Muluneh, Sascha Brune, Carolina Pagli...
Rifts grow by interacting with other rifts, eventually resulting in the formation of a continuous plate boundary. This interaction can occur in a numb...
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Magnetostratigraphy and Magnetic Properties of Ethiopian Trap Series Basalts from Moheni-Maychew Section, Northern Ethiopia: Implications for Timing of Emplacement.
ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS AND ERUPTIVE DYNAMICS OF LARGE IGNEOUS PROVINCES: A MULTIDISCIPLINARY PERSPECTIVE II POSTER
volcanology, geochemistry and petrology | 10 december 2024
Kahsay Nugsse Tesfay, Tesfaye Kidane K. Birke, Ame...
We conducted magnetostratigraphy and rock magnetic studies on the Moheni-Maychew volcanic section of the Ethiopian Flood Basalt Province to determine ...
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Paleomagnetic Evidence of Early Pleistocene Counterclockwise Rotation in the Butajira Volcanic Zone, Central Main Ethiopian Rift
ASYNCHRONOUS ONLINE POSTER PRESENTATIONS: TECTONOPHYSICS
tectonophysics | 09 december 2024
Netsanet Mulugeta, Tesfaye Kidane K. Birke, Kahsay...
A total of 208 paleomagnetic core samples were collected from twenty-seven sites within the Butajira volcano chains of the central Main Ethiopian rift...
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To Rotate or to Link? The Connection Between the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden Rifts in Central Afar
GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS
14 june 2024
Ameha Atnafu Muluneh, Sascha Brune, Carolina Pagli...
Central Afar is shaped by the interaction between the Red Sea (RS) and Gulf of Aden (GoA) rifts. While there have been several studies conducted in...
Linkage between the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden rifts in central Afar: A 3D numerical modeling approach
ANALOGUE AND NUMERICAL MODELING OF CONTINENTAL RIFTING PROCESSES POSTER
tectonophysics | 11 december 2023
Ameha Atnafu Muluneh, Sascha Brune, Derek Keir, Te...
The Afar rift, in East Africa, is a classic natural laboratory to understand rift dynamics during continental break-up and the formation of sea-floor ...
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The links between rotational rifting and the evolution of the East African Rift System: insights from laboratory experiments
ANALOGUE AND NUMERICAL MODELING OF CONTINENTAL RIFTING PROCESSES POSTER
tectonophysics | 11 december 2023
Frank Zwaan, Guido Schreurs, Ameha Atnafu Muluneh
The East African Rift System (EARS) splits the African continent in two plates: the Nubian Plate situated to the west, and the Somalian Plate to the e...
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Role of surface processes in controlling the evolution of rifting in Ethiopia
FROM DEEP LITHOSPHERE TO EARTH SURFACE PROCESS; THE NATURAL LABORATORY OF THE EAST AFRICAN RIFT I ORAL
tectonophysics | 15 december 2022
Ameha Atnafu Muluneh, Sascha Brune, Giacomo Corti,...
Several field and modelling observations indicate that surface processes (erosion and sedimentation) can affect the timing of major rift phases. The M...
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