Rifted margin architecture and crustal rheology: reviewing Iberia-Newfoundland, central South Atlantic, and South China Sea

S Brune, C Heine, PD Clift… - Marine and petroleum …, 2017 - Elsevier
Crustal rheology controls the style of rifting and ultimately the architecture of rifted margins.
Here we review the formation of three magma-poor margin pairs, Iberia-Newfoundland, the …

[HTML][HTML] Coupled surface to deep Earth processes: Perspectives from TOPO-EUROPE with an emphasis on climate-and energy-related societal challenges

S Cloetingh, P Sternai, A Koptev, TA Ehlers… - Global and Planetary …, 2023 - Elsevier
Understanding the interactions between surface and deep Earth processes is important for
research in many diverse scientific areas including climate, environment, energy …

Plume‐induced sinking of intracontinental lithospheric mantle: An overlooked mechanism of subduction initiation?

S Cloetingh, A Koptev, I Kovács, T Gerya… - Geochemistry …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Although many different mechanisms for subduction initiation have been proposed, only few
of them are viable in terms of consistency with observations and reproducibility in numerical …

Surface processes forcing on extensional rock melting

P Sternai - Scientific reports, 2020 - nature.com
Surface processes and magmatism condition the structural evolution of continental rifts and
passive margins through mechanical and thermal effects on the lithosphere rheology …

Mechanism for deep crustal seismicity: Insight from modeling of deformation processes at the Main Ethiopian Rift

AA Muluneh, S Brune, F Illsley‐Kemp… - Geochemistry …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
We combine numerical modeling of lithospheric extension with analysis of seismic moment
release and earthquake b‐value in order to elucidate the mechanism for deep crustal …

Lithosphere erosion and continental breakup: Interaction of extension, plume upwelling and melting

A Lavecchia, C Thieulot, F Beekman… - Earth and Planetary …, 2017 - Elsevier
We present the results of thermo-mechanical modelling of extension and breakup of a
heterogeneous continental lithosphere, subjected to plume impingement in presence of …

The magmatic architecture of continental flood basalts: 2. A new conceptual model

T Mittal, MA Richards - Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Continental flood basalts intruded and erupted millions of km3 of magma over∼ 1–5 Ma.
Previous work proposed the presence of large (–106 km3) crustal magma reservoirs to feed …

Fault (Re) activation and fluid‐induced seismicity: An example from the val d'agri intermontane basin (Southern Italy)

A Lavecchia, V Serlenga, M Filippucci… - Journal of …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Fluid‐induced seismicity has been a particularly emphasized mechanism over the last few
years, especially after fluid‐related, moderate‐to‐large earthquakes have been observed in …

Determination of gravity and isostatic Moho: Implications for the evolution of rifting in the central Main Ethiopian Rift

M Kassa, A Alemu, A Muluneh - Journal of African Earth Sciences, 2021 - Elsevier
We use gravity anomalies derived from GGMplus2013 gravity accelerations to generate a
Moho undulation map of the Main Ethiopian Rift (MER) and surrounding plateau. The …

[HTML][HTML] Constraints on fault and crustal strength of the Main Ethiopian Rift from formal inversion of earthquake focal mechanism data

AA Muluneh, T Kidane, G Corti, D Keir - Tectonophysics, 2018 - Elsevier
We evaluate the frictional strength of seismogenic faults in the Main Ethiopian Rift (MER) by
inverting the available, well-constrained earthquake focal mechanisms. The regional stress …