Afar-Type Rifting is a geodynamic model of continental break-up characterized by the development of a triple junction with two transcurrent faults and one divergent rift arm, distinguished by magmatic activity, crustal thinning, and present-day analog representation of incipient oceanic spreading as exemplified in the Afar Depression.
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Hotspot tracks and the early rifting of the Atlantic
W. Jason Morgan · Tectonophysics · 1983 · 574 citations
Dike-induced faulting in rift zones of Iceland and Afar
Allan M. Rubin, David D. Pollard · Geology · 1988 · 367 citations
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