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h-index: 39
Works: 130
Citations: 7,496

Most-cited papers

Magma-maintained rift segmentation at continental rupture in the 2005 Afar dyking episode
T. Wright, C. Ebinger, J. Biggs, A. Ayele +3 more
2006Nature573 citations
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Length and Timescales of Rift Faulting and Magma Intrusion: The Afar Rifting Cycle from 2005 to Present
C. Ebinger, A. Ayele, D. Keir, J. Rowland +4 more
2010200 citations Open access
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Timing of East African Rift development in southern Ethiopia: Implication for mantle plume activity and evolution of topography
R. Pik, B. Marty, J. Carignan, G. Yirgu +1 more
2008153 citations
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Heads and tails: 30 million years of the Afar plume
Tanya Furman, Julia G. Bryce, T. Rooney, B. Hanan +2 more
2006Geological Society Special Publication150 citations
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Petrogenesis of silicic peralkaline rocks in the Ethiopian rift: Geochemical evidence and volcanological implications
A. Peccerillo, C. Donati, A. Santo, A. Orlando +2 more
2007130 citations
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Lithospheric modification during crustal extension in the Main Ethiopian Rift
T. Rooney, T. Furman, I. Bastow, D. Ayalew +1 more
2007125 citations Open access
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Structural controls on fluid pathways in an active rift system: A case study of the Aluto volcanic complex
W. Hutchison, T. Mather, D. Pyle, J. Biggs +1 more
2015120 citations Open access
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Geodetic observations of the ongoing Dabbahu rifting episode: new dyke intrusions in 2006 and 2007
I. Hamling, A. Ayele, L. Bennati, É. Calais +5 more
2009118 citations Open access
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Recent rift-related volcanism in Afar, Ethiopia
D. Ferguson, T. Barnie, D. Pyle, C. Oppenheimer +5 more
2010114 citations
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Age of the oldest known Homo sapiens from eastern Africa
C. Vidal, C. Lane, A. Asrat, D. Barfod +8 more
2022Nature110 citations Open access
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Melting during late-stage rifting in Afar is hot and deep
David Ferguson, John Maclennan, I. Bastow, David M. Pyle +5 more
2013Nature110 citations Open access
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The eruptive history and magmatic evolution of Aluto volcano : new insights into silicic peralkaline volcanism in the Ethiopian rift
W. Hutchison, D. Pyle, T. Mather, G. Yirgu +4 more
201695 citations Open access
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Contrasting styles of post-caldera volcanism along the Main Ethiopian Rift: Implications for contemporary volcanic hazards
K. Fontijn, K. McNamara, A. Tadesse, D. Pyle +4 more
201888 citations Open access
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Causes of unrest at silicic calderas in the East African Rift: New constraints from InSAR and soil‐gas chemistry at Aluto volcano, Ethiopia
W. Hutchison, J. Biggs, T. Mather, D. Pyle +6 more
201688 citations Open access
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Peralkaline magma evolution and the tephra record in the Ethiopian Rift
T. Rooney, W. Hart, C. Hall, D. Ayalew +3 more
2012Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology88 citations
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Melting the lithosphere: Metasomes as a source for mantle-derived magmas
T. Rooney, W. Nelson, D. Ayalew, B. Hanan +2 more
201771 citations Open access
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A pulse of mid-Pleistocene rift volcanism in Ethiopia at the dawn of modern humans
W. Hutchison, R. Fusillo, D. Pyle, T. Mather +7 more
2016Nature Communications70 citations Open access
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Magma storage conditions beneath Dabbahu Volcano (Ethiopia) constrained by petrology, seismicity and satellite geodesy
L. Field, Jonathan D. Blundy, Richard A. Brooker, T. J. Wright +1 more
2012Bulletin of Volcanology66 citations
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The protracted development of focused magmatic intrusion during continental rifting
T. Rooney, I. Bastow, D. Keir, F. Mazzarini +6 more
201462 citations Open access
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Magmatic degassing at Erta 'Ale volcano, Ethiopia
G. Sawyer, C. Oppenheimer, V. Tsanev, G. Yirgu
200862 citations
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The evolution of magma during continental rifting : new constraints from the isotopic and trace element signatures of silicic magmas from Ethiopian volcanoes
W. Hutchison, T. Mather, D. Pyle, A. Boyce +8 more
201858 citations Open access
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Magmatic history of Dabbahu, a composite volcano in the Afar Rift, Ethiopia
L. Field, J. Blundy, A. Calvert, G. Yirgu
201356 citations
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Constraining magma storage conditions at a restless volcano in the Main Ethiopian Rift using phase equilibria models
M. Gleeson, M. J. Stock, D. Pyle, T. Mather +3 more
201750 citations
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The Afar volcanic province within the East African Rift System: introduction
G. Yirgu, C. Ebinger, P. Maguire
2006Geological Society Special Publication50 citations
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Using Lake Sediment Cores to Improve Records of Volcanism at Aluto Volcano in the Main Ethiopian Rift
K. McNamara, K. V. Cashman, Alison C. Rust, K. Fontijn +3 more
2018Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems38 citations Open access
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Distinguishing Plume and Metasomatized Lithospheric Mantle Contributions to Post-Flood Basalt Volcanism on the Southeastern Ethiopian Plateau
W. Nelson, B. Hanan, D. Graham, S. Shirey +3 more
2019Journal of Petrology37 citations Open access
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Geothermal potential and origin of natural thermal fluids in the northern Lake Abaya area, Main Ethiopian Rift, East Africa
A. Minissale, G. Corti, F. Tassi, T. Darrah +6 more
201737 citations Open access
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Caldera-forming eruptions of the Quaternary Kone Volcanic Complex, Ethiopia
M. Rampey, C. Oppenheimer, D. Pyle, G. Yirgu
201035 citations
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Recent seismovolcanic crisis in northern Afar, Ethiopia
G. Yirgu, A. Ababa, A. Ayele
200635 citations Open access
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Probabilistic Volcanic Hazard Assessment for Pyroclastic Density Currents From Pumice Cone Eruptions at Aluto Volcano, Ethiopia
Ben A. Clarke, P. Tierz, E. Calder, G. Yirgu
2020Frontiers in Earth Science31 citations Open access
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From initiation to termination: a petrostratigraphic tour of the Ethiopian Low-Ti Flood Basalt Province
S. Krans, T. Rooney, J. Kappelman, G. Yirgu +1 more
2018Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology31 citations
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Controls on magmatic cycles and development of rift topography of the Manda Hararo segment (Afar, Ethiopia): Insights from cosmogenic 3He investigation of landscape evolution
S. Medynski, R. Pik, P. Burnard, A. Williams +8 more
201331 citations Open access
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Event Trees and Epistemic Uncertainty in Long‐Term Volcanic Hazard Assessment of Rift Volcanoes: The Example of Aluto (Central Ethiopia)
P. Tierz, Ben A. Clarke, Eliza S. Calder, Firawalin Dessalegn +6 more
2020Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems29 citations Open access
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Mixing and Crystal Scavenging in the Main Ethiopian Rift Revealed by Trace Element Systematics in Feldspars and Glasses
Fiona Iddon, Charlotte G. Jackson, W. Hutchison, K. Fontijn +4 more
2019Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems27 citations Open access
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The making of an underplate: Pyroxenites from the Ethiopian lithosphere
T. Rooney, A. Lavigne, C. Svoboda, G. Girard +3 more
201727 citations Open access
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Fluidal pyroclasts reveal the intensity of peralkaline rhyolite pumice cone eruptions
Ben A. Clarke, E. Calder, Firawalin Dessalegn, K. Fontijn +5 more
2019Nature Communications25 citations Open access
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Stability of rift axis magma reservoirs: Spatial and temporal evolution of magma supply in the Dabbahu rift segment (Afar, Ethiopia) over the past 30 kyr
S. Medynski, R. Pik, P. Burnard, C. Vye-Brown +7 more
201525 citations Open access
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Magmatic cycles pace tectonic and morphological expression of rifting (Afar depression, Ethiopia)
S. Medynski, R. Pik, P. Burnard, S. Dumont +9 more
201624 citations
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Osmium isotopes and Fe/Mn ratios in Ti-rich picritic basalts from the Ethiopian flood basalt province: no evidence for core contribution to the Afar plume
N. Rogers, M. Davies, I. Parkinson, G. Yirgu
201024 citations
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Magmatic evolution of the Boku Volcanic Complex, Main Ethiopian Rift
A. Tadesse, D. Ayalew, R. Pik, G. Yirgu +1 more
2019Journal of African Earth Sciences23 citations Open access
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Constraining timescales of focused magmatic accretion and extension in the Afar crust using lava geochronology
D. Ferguson, A. Calvert, D. Pyle, J. Blundy +2 more
2013Nature Communications22 citations Open access
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Magmatically assisted off-rift extension—The case for broadly distributed strain accommodation
B. Chiasera, T. Rooney, G. Girard, G. Yirgu +5 more
2018Geosphere20 citations Open access
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Geochronology and glass geochemistry of major pleistocene eruptions in the Main Ethiopian Rift: Towards a regional tephrostratigraphy
C. Vidal, K. Fontijn, C. Lane, A. Asrat +13 more
2022Quaternary Science Reviews18 citations Open access
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A new mantle xenolith locality from Simien shield volcano, NW Ethiopia
D. Ayalew, N. Arndt, Florence Bastien, G. Yirgu +1 more
2008Geological Magazine18 citations
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Origin and migration of fluoride in the area of the Aluto Volcanic Complex (Main Ethiopian Rift)
S. Regenspurg, Lioba Virchow, F. Wilke, M. Zimmer +6 more
2022Applied Geochemistry17 citations
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Constraining the Magmatic Plumbing System in a Zoned Continental Flood Basalt Province
T. Rooney, S. Krans, D. Mège, N. Arnaud +3 more
2018Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems17 citations Open access
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Stratigraphy and eruptive history of Corbetti Caldera in the Main Ethiopian Rift
D. J. Colby, D. Pyle, K. Fontijn, T. Mather +3 more
2022Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research15 citations Open access
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Differential Fractionation of Rhyolites During the Course of Crustal Extension, Western Afar (Ethiopian Rift)
D. Ayalew, R. Pik, N. Bellahsen, L. France +1 more
2019Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems15 citations Open access
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Sub-continental lithospheric mantle deformation in the Yerer-Tullu Wellel Volcanotectonic Lineament: A study of peridotite xenoliths
Kaitlyn R. Trestrail, T. Rooney, G. Girard, C. Svoboda +3 more
201715 citations Open access
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Magmatic rifting in the Main Ethiopian Rift began in thick continental lithosphere; the case of the Galema Range
B. Chiasera, T. Rooney, I. Bastow, G. Yirgu +5 more
2021Lithos14 citations
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