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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- article
- Published
- 2013-07-03
- Cited by
- 110
- References
- 43
- Access
- Open access
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Keywords
Turbulence, Computational fluid dynamics, Computer science, Mechanics, Environmental science
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