A Geodynamic Investigation of Continental Rifting and Mantle Rheology: Madagascar and East African Rift case studies

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2021-02-18

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Virginia Tech

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asthenospheric flow, edge-driven convection, mantle wind modeling, Lattice Preferred Orientation, seismic anisotropy, dislocation creep rheology, 3D thermo-mechanical modeling, lithospheric buoyancy forces, ~E-W extension across East Africa, horizontal mantle tractions, African Superplume

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