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Ameha Atnafu Muluneh
MARUM University of Bremen, GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences
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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 A. Muluneh, Sascha Brune, Giacomo Corti, Der...

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...

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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 A. Muluneh, Sascha Brune, Derek Keir, Tesfay...
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 A. 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 A. Muluneh, Sascha Brune, Giacomo Corti, Der...
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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Clockwise Rotation of the Gedemsa Magmatic Segment during the Early Pleistocene, Main Ethiopian Rift, Ethiopia
TECTONOPHYSICS GENERAL CONTRIBUTIONS II POSTER
tectonophysics | 14 december 2022
Tesfaye Kidane K. Birke, Yoseph Muhabaw, Ameha A. ...
The Main Ethiopian Rift (MER) is characterized by left-lateral transtension due to an oblique divergence between Somalia and Nubia plates. The present...
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Numerical modelling of linkage between Red Sea and Main Ethiopian Rifts, East Africa
FROM RIFT TO RIDGE: THE ROLES OF FAULTING, FLUIDS, SURFACE PROCESSES, AND TECTONIC INHERITANCE III ORAL
tectonophysics | 12 december 2022
Ameha A. Muluneh, Sascha Brune, Daniele Maestrelli...
The central Afar region, where the Red Sea, Gulf of Aden, and Main Ethiopian Rifts (MER) merge, is an ideal tectonic setting to investigate the format...
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Analog and Numerical Modeling of Rift‐Rift‐Rift Triple Junctions
TECTONICS
13 october 2022
Daniele Maestrelli, Sascha Brune, Giacomo Corti, D...

Rift‐Rift‐Rift triple junctions are key features of emergent plate boundary networks during fragmentation of a continent. A key example...

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Strain accommodations during rift linkage in the central Afar, East Africa
ADVANCES IN OUR UNDERSTANDING OF MAGMA-POOR AND MAGMA-RICH RIFTING PROCESSES I ORAL
tectonophysics | 16 december 2021
Ameha A. Muluneh, Sascha Brune, Tesfaye Kidane K. ...
The central Afar rift is an excellent tectonic setting to understand mechanisms of strain accommodation during rift linkage and related hazards. The Q...
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