Present‐day kinematics of the East African Rift

E Saria, E Calais, DS Stamps… - Journal of …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
The East African Rift (EAR) is a type locale for investigating the processes that drive
continental rifting and breakup. The current kinematics of this~ 5000 km long divergent plate …

A kinematic model for the East African Rift

DS Stamps, E Calais, E Saria… - Geophysical …, 2008 - Wiley Online Library
The kinematics of the East African Rift (EAR) is the least well‐known of all major plate
boundaries. Here, we show that present‐day data (a GPS+ DORIS geodetic solution and …

[PDF][PDF] The unexpected Mayotte 2018–2020 seismic sequence: a reappraisal of the regional seismicity of the Comoros

D Bertil, N Mercury, C Doubre… - Comptes …, 2021 - comptes-rendus.academie-sciences …
Résumé The Mayotte seismic sequence that started on 10 May 2018, with a main shock of
magnitude Mw 5.9 on May 15, followed by a major offshore volcanic activity, raises several …

Madagascar volcanic provinces linked to the Gondwana break-up: Geochemical and isotopic evidences for contrasting mantle sources

JM Bardintzeff, JP Liégeois, B Bonin, H Bellon… - Gondwana …, 2010 - Elsevier
After the Gondwana break-up and Greater India splitting off, Madagascar suffered volcanic
episodes. The Cretaceous Morondava flood basalt (CFB) province was emplaced ca. 93Ma …

Active fault system across the oceanic lithosphere of the Mozambique Channel: Implications for the Nubia–Somalia southern plate boundary

E Deville, T Marsset, S Courgeon, R Jatiault… - Earth and Planetary …, 2018 - Elsevier
Seismic reflection and multibeam echosounder data were acquired in the Mozambique
Channel in 2014 and 2015 during the PTOLEMEE, PAMELA-MOZ02 and-MOZ04 marine …

Active tectonics of the Alaotra–Ankay Graben System, Madagascar: possible extension of Somalian–African diffusive plate boundary?

TM Kusky, E Toraman, T Raharimahefa… - Gondwana …, 2010 - Elsevier
The Lake Alaotra–Ankay rift valley of Central Madagascar forms a NE–SW oriented
depression filled with Neogene to recent sediments and is part of a more regional post …

[HTML][HTML] Two new species of the genus Milnesium Doyère, 1840 (Tardigrada, Apochela, Milnesiidae) from Madagascar

Ł Kaczmarek, D Grobys, A Kulpa, T Bartylak, H Kmita… - ZooKeys, 2019 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
The knowledge of the diversity and distribution of tardigrades on Madagascar is rather poor.
To date, only 13 tardigrade taxa have been reported from this region (including one …

Structural and remote sensing analysis of the Betsimisaraka Suture in northeastern Madagascar

T Raharimahefa, TM Kusky - Gondwana Research, 2009 - Elsevier
The Betsimisaraka Suture (BS) of Madagascar is an important structural zone defining the
collision between Eastern and Western Gondwana. It is represented by highly deformed …

Gullying and landscape evolution: Lavaka in Lac Alaotra, Madagascar shed light on rates of change and non-anthropogenic controls

R Cox, EK Phillips, AFM Rakotondrazafy - Science Advances, 2024 - science.org
Gully evolution remains poorly understood, largely because multidecadal analysis is
lacking. Large gullies (called lavaka) that pepper Madagascar's highlands are generally …

The geochemistry of primitive volcanic rocks of the Ankaratra volcanic complex, and source enrichment processes in the genesis of the Cenozoic magmatism in …

L Melluso, C Cucciniello, AP Le Roex… - … et Cosmochimica Acta, 2016 - Elsevier
The Ankaratra volcanic complex in central Madagascar consists of lava flows, domes, scoria
cones, tuff rings and maars of Cenozoic age that are scattered over 3800 km 2. The mafic …