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Afar Triple Junction

The Afar Triple Junction is a tectonic junction, specifically a divergent plate boundary where three lithospheric plates—the African (Nubian), African (Somali), and Arabian—meet, distinguished by the active rifting and seafloor spreading processes initiating the separation of the Nubian, Somali, and Arabian plates along the Red Sea, Gulf of Aden, and East African Rift systems.

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A brief Oligocene period of flood volcanism in Yemen: implications for the duration and rate of continental flood volcanism at the Afro-Arabian triple junction

Joel A. Baker, Lawrence W. Snee, Martin Menzies · Earth and Planetary Science Letters · 1996 · 264 citations

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Rift deflection, migration, and propagation: Linkage of the Ethiopian and Eastern rifts, Africa

C. J. Ebinger, Tesfaye Yemane, David J. Harding et al. · Geological Society of America Bulletin · 2000 · 256 citations

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The Somalia plate and the East African Rift System: present-day kinematics

F. Jestin, Philippe Huchon, Jean‐Michel Gaulier · Geophysical Journal International · 1994 · 251 citations · Full text

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The role of magma in the development of the Afro-Arabian Rift System

W. Roger Buck · Geological Society London Special Publications · 2006 · 239 citations

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The nature of the crust beneath the Afar triple junction: Evidence from receiver functions

J. O. S. Hammond, J. M. Kendall, G. W. Stuart et al. · Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems · 2011 · 199 citations · Full text

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  1. DK
    Derek Keir

    University of Southampton, United Kingdom

    8 publications · 494 citations

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    J. O. S. Hammond

    University of Bristol, United Kingdom

    8 publications · 545 citations

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  3. GW
    G. W. Stuart

    University of Leeds, United Kingdom

    7 publications · 631 citations

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  4. AA
    Atalay Ayele

    Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia

    7 publications · 461 citations

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  5. JM
    J. M. Kendall

    University of Bristol, United Kingdom

    7 publications · 659 citations

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  1. Addis Ababa University

    Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

    16 h-index

    29 publications

    1.8K citations

  2. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    13 h-index

    28 publications

    1.8K citations

  3. University of Leeds

    Leeds, United Kingdom

    11 h-index

    19 publications

    1.6K citations

  4. University of Southampton

    Southampton, United Kingdom

    8 h-index

    15 publications

    831 citations

  5. Laboratoire de Géologie de l’École Normale Supérieure

    Paris, France

    7 h-index

    11 publications

    886 citations

  6. University of Bristol

    Bristol, United Kingdom

    7 h-index

    14 publications

    1K citations

  7. Institut de physique du globe de Paris

    Paris, France

    7 h-index

    17 publications

    915 citations

  8. National Oceanography Centre

    Southampton, United Kingdom

    7 h-index

    14 publications

    816 citations

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  1. Geological Society London Special Publications

    8 publications · 521 citations

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  2. Geological Society of America Bulletin

    4 publications · 437 citations

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  3. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

    JGR · 4 publications · 335 citations

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  4. Tectonophysics

    3 publications · 151 citations

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  5. Geophysical Research Letters

    3 publications · 224 citations

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