Melting during late-stage rifting in Afar is hot and deep

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Summary

Numerical modelling of rift development shows that the extensive magmatism during rifting along the southern Red Sea rift in Afar, a unique region of sub-aerial transition from continental to oceanic rifting, is driven by deep melting of hotter-than-normal asthenosphere.

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2013-07-03
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Turbulence, Computational fluid dynamics, Computer science, Mechanics, Environmental science

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