List of works - Derek Keir

A multidisciplinary study of the final episode of the Manda Hararo dyke sequence, Ethiopia, and implications for trends in volcanism during the rifting cycle

scholarly article by T. D. Barnie et al published 12 May 2015 in Geological Society Special Publication

Capturing magma intrusion and faulting processes during continental rupture: seismicity of the Dabbahu (Afar) rift

Comparison of dike intrusions in an incipient seafloor-spreading segment in Afar, Ethiopia: Seismicity perspectives

scholarly article by Manahloh Belachew et al published 24 June 2011 in Journal of Geophysical Research

Constraints on fault and crustal strength of the Main Ethiopian Rift from formal inversion of earthquake focal mechanism data

scholarly article by Ameha A. Muluneh et al published April 2018 in Tectonophysics

Constraints on the Magma Source and Rift Evolution From Geochemistry of the Stratoid Flood Basalts (Afar, Ethiopia)

scientific article published in 2022

Control of Pre-rift Lithospheric Structure on the Architecture and Evolution of Continental Rifts: Insights From the Main Ethiopian Rift, East Africa

article by Giacomo Corti et al published February 2018 in Tectonics

Crustal Structure at a Young Continental Rift: A Receiver Function Study From the Tanganyika Rift

article published in 2017

Crustal Structure of Active Deformation Zones in Africa: Implications for Global Crustal Processes

scientific article published in 2017

Crustal and upper mantle structure beneath south-western margin of the Arabian Peninsula from teleseismic tomography

scholarly article

Crustal structure of the Gulf of Aden southern margin: Evidence from receiver functions on Socotra Island (Yemen)

scholarly article by Abdulhakim Ahmed et al published December 2014 in Tectonophysics

Crustal structure of the rifted volcanic margins and uplifted plateau of Western Yemen from receiver function analysis

scholarly article by Abdulhakim Ahmed et al published 23 March 2013 in Geophysical Journal International

Crustal structure of western Hispaniola (Haiti) from a teleseismic receiver function study ⬇️

scholarly article by J. Corbeau et al published July 2017 in Tectonophysics

Crustal thickness estimates beneath four seismic stations in Ethiopia inferred from p-wave receiver function studies

article

Crustal tomographic imaging of a transitional continental rift: the Ethiopian rift

Differentiating flow, melt, or fossil seismic anisotropy beneath Ethiopia ⬇️

scholarly article by J. O. S. Hammond et al published May 2014 in G3: Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems

Dike-fault interaction during the 2004 Dallol intrusion at the northern edge of the Erta Ale Ridge (Afar, Ethiopia)

scientific article published on 12 October 2012

Diking-induced moderate-magnitude earthquakes on a youthful rift border fault: The 2002 Nyiragongo-Kalehe sequence, D.R. Congo

scientific article

Earthquake Clustering and Energy Release of the African–Arabian Rift System

scientific article

Evidence for focused magmatic accretion at segment centers from lateral dike injections captured beneath the Red Sea rift in Afar

article

Extension and stress during continental breakup: Seismic anisotropy of the crust in Northern Afar

scientific article

Fault growth at a nascent slow-spreading ridge: 2005 Dabbahu rifting episode, Afar

First recorded eruption of Nabro volcano, Eritrea, 2011. ⬇️

scientific article

Formation and stability of magmatic segments in the Main Ethiopian and Afar rifts

article published in 2010

Geodetic observations of the ongoing Dabbahu rifting episode: new dyke intrusions in 2006 and 2007

Geological evolution of the Boset-Bericha Volcanic Complex, Main Ethiopian Rift: 40 Ar/ 39 Ar evidence for episodic Pleistocene to Holocene volcanism

Geophysical constraints on the dynamics of spreading centres from rifting episodes on land

Hydrous upwelling across the mantle transition zone beneath the Afar Triple Junction

scholarly article

Imaging Lithospheric Discontinuities Beneath the Northern East African Rift Using S-to-P Receiver Functions

scientific article

Initiation of a Proto‐Transform Fault Prior to Seafloor Spreading

scholarly article

Insights into extensional processes during magma assisted rifting: Evidence from aligned scoria cones

article

Integrated field, satellite and petrological observations of the November 2010 eruption of Erta Ale

Introduction: Anatomy of rifting: Tectonics and magmatism in continental rifts, oceanic spreading centers, and transforms

scientific article published in 2015

Length and Timescales of Rift Faulting and Magma Intrusion: The Afar Rifting Cycle from 2005 to Present

Local Earthquake Magnitude Scale and Seismicity Rate for the Ethiopian Rift

scholarly article by Derek Keir et al published 1 December 2006 in Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America

Local Earthquake Magnitude Scale andb‐Value for the Danakil Region of Northern Afar

scholarly article by Finnigan Illsley‐Kemp et al published 24 January 2017 in Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America

Local seismicity near the actively deforming Corbetti volcano in the Main Ethiopian Rift

scientific article published in September 2019

Low-Frequency Hybrid Earthquakes near a Magma Chamber in Afar: Quantifying Path Effects

scientific article

Low-frequency earthquakes beneath Tullu Moye volcano, Ethiopia, reveal fluid pulses from shallow magma chamber

scientific article published in November 2019

Lower crustal earthquakes near the Ethiopian rift induced by magmatic processes

scholarly article by Derek Keir et al published June 2009 in G3: Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems

Magma Plumbing Systems: A Geophysical Perspective ⬇️

scholarly article by Craig Magee et al published 1 June 2018 in Journal of Petrology

Magma-assisted rifting in Ethiopia.

scientific article published in January 2005

Magma-induced axial subsidence during final-stage rifting: Implications for the development of seaward-dipping reflectors

scholarly article

Magma-maintained rift segmentation at continental rupture in the 2005 Afar dyking episode

scientific article

Magmatism and deformation during continental breakup

Magmatism at continental passive margins inferred from Ambient-Noise Phase-velocity in the Gulf of Aden

scientific article published in 2015

Magmatism on rift flanks: Insights from ambient noise phase velocity in Afar region

scholarly article

Mantle upwelling and initiation of rift segmentation beneath the Afar Depression ⬇️

scholarly article

Mantle upwellings, melt migration and the rifting of Africa: insights from seismic anisotropy

scholarly article by J.-M. Kendall et al published 2006 in Geological Society Special Publication

Mapping the evolving strain field during continental breakup from crustal anisotropy in the Afar Depression. ⬇️

scientific article

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

scientific article published on July 2013

Multiple mantle upwellings in the transition zone beneath the northern East-African Rift system from relative P-wave travel-time tomography

scientific article

Off-rift volcanism in rift zones determined by crustal unloading

Probabilistic Seismic‐Hazard Assessment for Eritrea

scholarly article

Pulses of deformation reveal frequently recurring shallow magmatic activity beneath the Main Ethiopian Rift

article

Re-orientation of the extension direction and pure extensional faulting at oblique rift margins: comparison between the Main Ethiopian Rift and laboratory experiments

article published in 2013

Seafloor spreading event in western Gulf of Aden during the November 2010–March 2011 period captured by regional seismic networks: evidence for diking events and interactions with a nascent transform zone

article published in 2016

Seismic Anisotropy Reveals a Dynamic Link Between Adjacent Magmatic Segments Prior to Dyke Intrusion

scientific article

Seismic Anisotropy of the Upper Mantle Below the Western Rift, East Africa

scholarly article

Seismicity Associated With the Formation of a New Island in the Southern Red Sea

Seismicity During Continental Breakup in the Red Sea Rift of Northern Afar

Seismicity and subsidence following the 2011 Nabro eruption, Eritrea: Insights into the plumbing system of an off-rift volcano

Seismicity during lateral dike propagation: Insights from new data in the recent Manda Hararo-Dabbahu rifting episode (Afar, Ethiopia)

scholarly article by Raphael Grandin et al published April 2011 in G3: Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems

Seismicity of the Bora‐Tullu Moye Volcanic Field, 2016–2017

Seismicity of the central Afar rift and implications for Tendaho dam hazards

scholarly article by Atalay Ayele et al published 2 June 2015 in Geological Society Special Publication

September 2005 mega-dike emplacement in the Manda-Harraro nascent oceanic rift (Afar depression)

scholarly article

Small-scale thermal upwellings under the northern East African Rift from S travel time tomography ⬇️

scholarly article

Spatial relationship between earthquakes and volcanic vents in the central-northern Main Ethiopian Rift

scholarly article by Francesco Mazzarini et al published July 2013 in Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research

Strain Accommodation by Intrusion and Faulting in a Rift Linkage Zone: Evidences From High‐Resolution Topography Data of the Afrera Plain (Afar, East Africa)

scientific article published in 2022

Strain accommodation by magmatism and faulting as rifting proceeds to breakup: Seismicity of the northern Ethiopian rift

scientific article

Strain accommodation in transitional rifts: extension by magma intrusion and faulting in Ethiopian rift magmatic segments

scholarly article by M. Casey et al published 2006 in Geological Society Special Publication

Surface wave imaging of the weakly extended Malawi Rift from ambient-noise and teleseismic Rayleigh waves from onshore and lake-bottom seismometers ⬇️

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The August 2002 earthquake sequence in north Afar: Insights into the neotectonics of the Danakil microplate

scholarly article by Atalay Ayele et al published June 2007 in Journal of African Earth Sciences

The Development of Late-Stage Continental Breakup: Seismic Reflection and Borehole Evidence from the Danakil Depression, Ethiopia ⬇️

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The Ethiopia Afar Geoscientific Lithospheric Experiment (EAGLE): Probing the transition from continental rifting to incipient seafloor spreading

scholarly article by Ian D. Bastow et al published June 2011 in Geological Society of America Special Papers

The development of extension and magmatism in the Red Sea rift of Afar

article

The development of magmatism along the Cameroon Volcanic Line: Evidence from seismicity and seismic anisotropy

article

The initiation of segmented buoyancy-driven melting during continental breakup ⬇️

scientific article

The magma-assisted removal of Arabia in Afar: Evidence from dike injection in the Ethiopian rift captured using InSAR and seismicity

article

The nature of the crust beneath the Afar triple junction: Evidence from receiver functions

scholarly article

The origin of along-rift variations in faulting and magmatism in the Ethiopian Rift

scientific article published in 2015

The protracted development of focused magmatic intrusion during continental rifting

scientific article published in 2014

The protracted development of the continent–ocean transition in Afar

article

The time scales of continental rifting: Implications for global processes

Thermal models of dyke intrusion during development of continent–ocean transition

scholarly article by K.A. Daniels et al published January 2014 in Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Upper mantle structure of the southern Arabian margin: Insights from teleseismic tomography

scientific article published in 2015

Uppermost mantle (Pn) velocity model for the Afar region, Ethiopia: an insight into rifting processes

scholarly article by A. L. Stork et al published 18 January 2013 in Geophysical Journal International

Uppermost mantle velocity from Pn tomography in the Gulf of Aden

scholarly article

Use of a high-precision gravity survey to understand the formation of oceanic crust and the role of melt at the southern Red Sea rift in Afar, Ethiopia ⬇️

scholarly article by E. Lewi et al published 16 December 2015 in Geological Society Special Publication

Variations in late syn-rift melt alignment inferred from shear-wave splitting in crustal earthquakes beneath the Ethiopian rift

scholarly article by Derek Keir et al published 2005 in Geophysical Research Letters

List of works by Derek Keir

A multidisciplinary study of the final episode of the Manda Hararo dyke sequence, Ethiopia, and implications for trends in volcanism during the rifting cycle

Capturing magma intrusion and faulting processes during continental rupture: seismicity of the Dabbahu (Afar) rift

Comparison of dike intrusions in an incipient seafloor-spreading segment in Afar, Ethiopia: Seismicity perspectives

Constraints on fault and crustal strength of the Main Ethiopian Rift from formal inversion of earthquake focal mechanism data

Constraints on the Magma Source and Rift Evolution From Geochemistry of the Stratoid Flood Basalts (Afar, Ethiopia)

Control of Pre-rift Lithospheric Structure on the Architecture and Evolution of Continental Rifts: Insights From the Main Ethiopian Rift, East Africa

Crustal Structure at a Young Continental Rift: A Receiver Function Study From the Tanganyika Rift

Crustal Structure of Active Deformation Zones in Africa: Implications for Global Crustal Processes

Crustal and upper mantle structure beneath south-western margin of the Arabian Peninsula from teleseismic tomography

Crustal structure of the Gulf of Aden southern margin: Evidence from receiver functions on Socotra Island (Yemen)

Crustal structure of the rifted volcanic margins and uplifted plateau of Western Yemen from receiver function analysis

Crustal structure of western Hispaniola (Haiti) from a teleseismic receiver function study ⬇️

Crustal thickness estimates beneath four seismic stations in Ethiopia inferred from p-wave receiver function studies

Crustal tomographic imaging of a transitional continental rift: the Ethiopian rift

Differentiating flow, melt, or fossil seismic anisotropy beneath Ethiopia ⬇️

Dike-fault interaction during the 2004 Dallol intrusion at the northern edge of the Erta Ale Ridge (Afar, Ethiopia)

Diking-induced moderate-magnitude earthquakes on a youthful rift border fault: The 2002 Nyiragongo-Kalehe sequence, D.R. Congo

Earthquake Clustering and Energy Release of the African–Arabian Rift System

Evidence for focused magmatic accretion at segment centers from lateral dike injections captured beneath the Red Sea rift in Afar

Extension and stress during continental breakup: Seismic anisotropy of the crust in Northern Afar

Fault growth at a nascent slow-spreading ridge: 2005 Dabbahu rifting episode, Afar

First recorded eruption of Nabro volcano, Eritrea, 2011. ⬇️

Formation and stability of magmatic segments in the Main Ethiopian and Afar rifts

Geodetic observations of the ongoing Dabbahu rifting episode: new dyke intrusions in 2006 and 2007

Geological evolution of the Boset-Bericha Volcanic Complex, Main Ethiopian Rift: 40 Ar/ 39 Ar evidence for episodic Pleistocene to Holocene volcanism

Geophysical constraints on the dynamics of spreading centres from rifting episodes on land

Hydrous upwelling across the mantle transition zone beneath the Afar Triple Junction

Imaging Lithospheric Discontinuities Beneath the Northern East African Rift Using S-to-P Receiver Functions

Initiation of a Proto‐Transform Fault Prior to Seafloor Spreading

Insights into extensional processes during magma assisted rifting: Evidence from aligned scoria cones

Integrated field, satellite and petrological observations of the November 2010 eruption of Erta Ale

Introduction: Anatomy of rifting: Tectonics and magmatism in continental rifts, oceanic spreading centers, and transforms

Length and Timescales of Rift Faulting and Magma Intrusion: The Afar Rifting Cycle from 2005 to Present

Local Earthquake Magnitude Scale and Seismicity Rate for the Ethiopian Rift

Local Earthquake Magnitude Scale andb‐Value for the Danakil Region of Northern Afar

Local seismicity near the actively deforming Corbetti volcano in the Main Ethiopian Rift

Low-Frequency Hybrid Earthquakes near a Magma Chamber in Afar: Quantifying Path Effects

Low-frequency earthquakes beneath Tullu Moye volcano, Ethiopia, reveal fluid pulses from shallow magma chamber

Lower crustal earthquakes near the Ethiopian rift induced by magmatic processes

Magma Plumbing Systems: A Geophysical Perspective ⬇️

Magma-assisted rifting in Ethiopia.

Magma-induced axial subsidence during final-stage rifting: Implications for the development of seaward-dipping reflectors

Magma-maintained rift segmentation at continental rupture in the 2005 Afar dyking episode

Magmatism and deformation during continental breakup

Magmatism at continental passive margins inferred from Ambient-Noise Phase-velocity in the Gulf of Aden

Magmatism on rift flanks: Insights from ambient noise phase velocity in Afar region

Mantle upwelling and initiation of rift segmentation beneath the Afar Depression ⬇️

Mantle upwellings, melt migration and the rifting of Africa: insights from seismic anisotropy

Mapping the evolving strain field during continental breakup from crustal anisotropy in the Afar Depression. ⬇️

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

Multiple mantle upwellings in the transition zone beneath the northern East-African Rift system from relative P-wave travel-time tomography

Off-rift volcanism in rift zones determined by crustal unloading

Probabilistic Seismic‐Hazard Assessment for Eritrea

Pulses of deformation reveal frequently recurring shallow magmatic activity beneath the Main Ethiopian Rift

Re-orientation of the extension direction and pure extensional faulting at oblique rift margins: comparison between the Main Ethiopian Rift and laboratory experiments

Seafloor spreading event in western Gulf of Aden during the November 2010–March 2011 period captured by regional seismic networks: evidence for diking events and interactions with a nascent transform zone

Seismic Anisotropy Reveals a Dynamic Link Between Adjacent Magmatic Segments Prior to Dyke Intrusion

Seismic Anisotropy of the Upper Mantle Below the Western Rift, East Africa

Seismicity Associated With the Formation of a New Island in the Southern Red Sea

Seismicity During Continental Breakup in the Red Sea Rift of Northern Afar

Seismicity and subsidence following the 2011 Nabro eruption, Eritrea: Insights into the plumbing system of an off-rift volcano

Seismicity during lateral dike propagation: Insights from new data in the recent Manda Hararo-Dabbahu rifting episode (Afar, Ethiopia)

Seismicity of the Bora‐Tullu Moye Volcanic Field, 2016–2017

Seismicity of the central Afar rift and implications for Tendaho dam hazards

September 2005 mega-dike emplacement in the Manda-Harraro nascent oceanic rift (Afar depression)

Small-scale thermal upwellings under the northern East African Rift from S travel time tomography ⬇️

Spatial relationship between earthquakes and volcanic vents in the central-northern Main Ethiopian Rift

Strain Accommodation by Intrusion and Faulting in a Rift Linkage Zone: Evidences From High‐Resolution Topography Data of the Afrera Plain (Afar, East Africa)

Strain accommodation by magmatism and faulting as rifting proceeds to breakup: Seismicity of the northern Ethiopian rift

Strain accommodation in transitional rifts: extension by magma intrusion and faulting in Ethiopian rift magmatic segments

Surface wave imaging of the weakly extended Malawi Rift from ambient-noise and teleseismic Rayleigh waves from onshore and lake-bottom seismometers ⬇️

The August 2002 earthquake sequence in north Afar: Insights into the neotectonics of the Danakil microplate

The Development of Late-Stage Continental Breakup: Seismic Reflection and Borehole Evidence from the Danakil Depression, Ethiopia ⬇️

The Ethiopia Afar Geoscientific Lithospheric Experiment (EAGLE): Probing the transition from continental rifting to incipient seafloor spreading

The development of extension and magmatism in the Red Sea rift of Afar

The development of magmatism along the Cameroon Volcanic Line: Evidence from seismicity and seismic anisotropy

The initiation of segmented buoyancy-driven melting during continental breakup ⬇️

The magma-assisted removal of Arabia in Afar: Evidence from dike injection in the Ethiopian rift captured using InSAR and seismicity

The nature of the crust beneath the Afar triple junction: Evidence from receiver functions