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 …

Accurate spatial models of tectonic plates and geological terranes are important for
analyzing and interpreting a wide variety of geoscientific data and developing compositional …

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 …

Southern Africa is typically considered to belong to a single tectonic plate, Nubia, despite
active faulting along the southwestern branch of the East African Rift System. We analyze …

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 …

Continental microplates are enigmatic plate boundary features, which can occur in
extensional and compressional regimes. Here we focus on microplate formation and their …

In the context of rift basin formation, structural inheritance describes the influence of pre-
existing structures on new rift-related structures, including faults. Pre-existing structures in …

Abstract The Afar Depression is a unique place on Earth where active rift processes can be
directly observed. It is believed to be close to continental breakup. The Afar hotspot has a …

L'éruption au large de Mayotte a été intensément surveillée en appliquant des méthodes
similaires aux éruptions sub-aériennes. Une étude pétrologique et géochimique des …

A new submarine volcano has been discovered offshore Mayotte, a part of the Comoros
volcanic archipelago located between Africa and Madagascar. The edifice arose from the …