The initiation of segmented buoyancy-driven melting during continental breakup

Our understanding of melt production during early continental breakup remains poorly constrained. Using the Afar triple junction as an example, Gallacher et al. generate a 3D velocity model suggesting that melt production is highest during early continental breakup due to localised thinning of the c...

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Published in:	Nature Communications
Main Authors:	Ryan J. Gallacher, Derek Keir, Nicholas Harmon, Graham Stuart, Sylvie Leroy, James O. S. Hammond, J-Michael Kendall, Atalay Ayele, Berhe Goitom, Ghebrebrhan Ogubazghi, Abdulhakim Ahmed
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Nature Portfolio 2016-10-01
Online Access:	https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms13110