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Rift Segment Interaction

Rift Segment Interaction is a tectonic process in which adjacent rift segments influence each other’s geometry, kinematics, and evolution through mechanical coupling and strain transfer across their boundaries during continental rifting.

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2017–2026

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Continental rift evolution: From rift initiation to incipient break-up in the Main Ethiopian Rift, East Africa

Giacomo Corti · Earth-Science Reviews · 2009 · 602 citations

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Initiation of the western branch of the East African Rift coeval with the eastern branch

Eric M. Roberts, Nancy J. Stevens, Patrick M. O’Connor et al. · Nature Geoscience · 2012 · 327 citations · Full text

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Evolution of the Axial Rifting Zone in Northern Iceland and the Tjörnes Fracture Zone

Kristján Sæmundsson · Geological Society of America Bulletin · 1974 · 311 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 Afar Depression: transition between continental rifting and sea-floor spreading

J. Makris, A. Ginzburg · Tectonophysics · 1987 · 244 citations

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Authors

274

  1. GC
    Giacomo Corti

    Institute of Geosciences and Earth Resources, Italy

    5 publications · 881 citations

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  2. FZ
    Frank Zwaan

    University of Bern, Switzerland

    3 publications · 239 citations

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  3. ZB
    Zvi Ben‐Avraham

    Tel Aviv University, Israel

    3 publications · 154 citations

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  4. FS
    Federico Sani

    University of Florence, Italy

    3 publications · 143 citations

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  5. GS
    Guido Schreurs

    University of Bern, Switzerland

    3 publications · 239 citations

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Institutions

155

  1. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    11 h-index

    33 publications

    1.7K citations

  2. Institute of Geosciences and Earth Resources

    Pisa, Italy

    6 h-index

    9 publications

    1K citations

  3. Géosciences Rennes

    Rennes, France

    5 h-index

    8 publications

    552 citations

  4. Addis Ababa University

    Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

    4 h-index

    7 publications

    674 citations

  5. University of Leeds

    Leeds, United Kingdom

    4 h-index

    8 publications

    1K citations

  6. Sorbonne Université

    Paris, France

    4 h-index

    11 publications

    707 citations

  7. University of Florence

    Florence, Italy

    3 h-index

    7 publications

    419 citations

  8. University of Bern

    Bern, Switzerland

    3 h-index

    6 publications

    478 citations

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Venues

  1. Tectonophysics

    18 publications · 1.3K citations

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  2. Marine and Petroleum Geology

    4 publications · 226 citations

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  3. Geological Society of America Bulletin

    5 publications · 656 citations

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  4. Earth and Planetary Science Letters

    4 publications · 229 citations

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  5. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

    JGR · 4 publications · 456 citations

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