List of recent publications (2022-2007):
Bragagni A., Braschi E., Orlando A., Guarnieri L., Corti G., Tommasini S. (2023). Time-space variations in the East African Rift magmatism: the role of different mantle domains. Italian Journal of Geosciences, 142, 83-101,
https://doi.org/10.3301/IJG.2023.08.
Benvenuti M., Corti G., Keir D., Sani F. (2023). Transverse tectonics control on the Late Quaternary development of the Central Main Ethiopian Rift. Italian Journal of Geosciences, 142, 42-56, https://doi.org/10.3301/IJG.2023.05.
Maestrelli D., Brune S., Corti G., Keir D., Sani F. (2022): Analog and Numerical modeling of Rift-Rift-Rift Triple junctions. Tectonics, 41, e2022TC007491. https://doi.org/10.1029/2022TC007491.
Saccorotti G., Bruni R., Bonini M., Corti G., Keir D., Sani F. (2022). Recent seismic sequences and activation of normal fault systems in the Mugello Basin and surrounding areas (Northern Apennines, Italy).Frontiers in Earth Science, 10:879160. doi: 10.3389/feart.2022.879160.
Corti G., Maestrelli D., Sani F. (2022). Large-to local-scale control of pre-existing structures on continental rifting: examples from the Main Ethiopian Rift, East Africa.Frontiers in Earth Science, 10:808503, doi: 10.3389/feart.2022.808503.
Sternai P., Muller V.A.P., Jolivet L., Garzanti E., Corti G., Pasquero C., Sembroni A., Faccenna C. (2021). Effects of asthenospheric flow and orographic precipitation on continental rifting. Tectonophysics, 820, 229120, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tecto.2021.229120
Maestrelli D., Corti G., Bonini M., Montanari D., Sani F. (2021). Caldera collapse and tectonics along the Main Ethiopian rift: reviewing possible relationships.Comptes Rendus Geoscience, 353, S2, 1-19. https://doi.org/10.5802/crgeos.63.
Milazzo F., Cavozzi C., Corti G., Maestrelli D., Storti F. (2021). Centrifuge modeling of thrust systems in the brittle crust: Role of frictional décollement geometry. Journal of Structural Geology, 153, 104450.
Luzzi E., Rossi A.P., Massironi M., Pozzobon R., Corti G., Maestrelli D. (2021). Caldera collapse as the trigger of Chaos and fractured craters on the Moon and Mars. Geophysical Research Letters, 48, e2021GL092436. https://doi.org/10.1029/2021GL092436
Visini F., Pace B., Meletti C., Marzocchi W., Akinci A., Azzaro R., Barani S., Barberi G., Barreca G., Basili R., Bird P., Bonini M., Burrato P., Busetti M., Carafa M.M.C., Cocina O., Console R., Corti G., D’Agostino N., D’Amico S., D’Amico V., Dal Cin M., Falcone G., Fracassi U., Gee R., Kastelic V., Lai C.G., Langer H., Maesano F.E., Marchesini A., Martelli L., Monaco C., 7, Murru M., Peruzza L., Poli M.E., Pondrelli S., Rebez A., Rotondi R., Rovida A., Sani F., Santulin M., Scafidi D., Selva J., Slejko D., Spallarossa D., Tamaro A., Tarabusi G., Taroni M., Tiberti M.M., Tusa G., Tuvè T., Valensise G., Vannoli P., Varini E., Zanferrari A., Zuccolo E. (2021). Earthquake Rupture Forecasts for the MPS19 Seismic Hazard Model of Italy.Annals of Geophysics, 64, 2, SE220, 2021; doi:10.4401/ag-8608
La Rosa A., Pagli C., Wang H., Doubre C., Leroy S., Sani F., Corti G., Ayele A., Keir D. (2021). Plate-boundary kinematics of the Afrera linkage zone (Afar) from InSAR and seismicity.Journal of Geophysical Research, 126, e2020JB021387. https://doi. org/10.1029/2020JB021387
Wang L., Maestrelli D., Corti G., Zou Y., Shen C. (2021). Normal fault reactivation during multiphase extension: analogue models and application to the Turkana depression, East Africa. Tectonophysics, 811, 228870, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tecto.2021.228870
Muluneh A.A., Keir D.., Corti G. (2021). Thermo-rheological properties of the Ethiopian lithosphere and evidence for transient fluid induced lower crustal seismicity beneath the Ethiopian Rift. Frontiers in Earth Science, 9:610165.doi: 10.3389/feart.2021.610165.
La Rosa A., Keir D., Doubre C., Sani F., Corti G., Leroy S., Ayele A., Pagli C. (2021). Lower crustal earthquakes in the March 2018 sequence along the Western Margin of Afar.Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, 22, e2020GC009614. https://doi.org/10.1029/2020GC009614
Maestrelli D., Bonini M., Corti G., Del Ventisette C., Moratti G., Montanari D. (2021). Exploring fault propagation and the role of inherited structures during caldera collapse through laboratory experiments. Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research, 414, 107232, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2021.107232
Bonini M., Maestrelli D., Corti G., Del Ventisette C., Moratti G., Carrasco-Núñez G., Giordano G., Lucci F., Norini G., Piccardi L., Urbani S., Montanari D. (2021). Modelling intra-caldera resurgence settings: Laboratory experiments with application to the Los Humeros Volcanic Complex (Mexico). Journal of Geophysical Research, 126, e2020JB020438. https://doi.org/10.1029/2020JB020438
Maestrelli D., Bonini M., Corti G., Del Ventisette C., Moratti G., Montanari D. (2021). A database of laboratory analogue models of caldera collapse testing the role of inherited structures). Frontiers in Earth Science, 9:618258. doi: 10.3389/feart.2021.618258
Maestrelli D., Montanari D., Corti G., Del Ventisette C., Moratti G., Bonini M. (2020). Exploring the interactions between rift propagation and inherited crustal fabrics through experimental modelling. Tectonics, 39, e2020TC006211. https://doi.org/10.1029/2020TC006211.
Zwaan F., Corti G., Keir D., Sani, F. (2020). An analogue modeling study of marginal flexure in Afar, East Africa: implications for passive margin formation. Tectonophysics, 796, 228595.
Franceschini Z., Cioni R., Scaillet S., Corti G., Sani F., Isola I., Mazzarini F., Duval F., Erbello A., Muluneh A., Brune S. (2020). Recent volcano-tectonic activity of the Ririba rift and the evolution of rifting in South Ethiopia.Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research, 402, 106989.
Siegburg M. Bull J.M., Nixon C.W., Keir D., Gernon T.M., Corti G., Bekele Abebe B., Sanderson D.J., Ayele A. (2020). Quantitative constraints on faulting and fault slip-rates in the northern Main Ethiopian Rift.Tectonics, 39, e2019TC006046. https://doi.org/10.1029/2019TC006046
Corti G., Sani F., Florio A.A., Greenfield T., Keir D., Erbello A., Muluneh A.A., Ayele A. (2020). Tectonics of the Asela-Langano margin, Main Ethiopian Rift (East Africa).Tectonics,39, e2020TC006075.https://doi.org/10.1029/2020TC006075.
Muluneh A.A., Brune S., Illsley-Kemp F., Corti G., Keir D., Glerum A., Kidane T., Mori J. (2020). Mechanism for deep crustal seismicity: Insight from modeling of deformation process at the Main Ethiopian Rift. Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, 21, e2020GC008935. https://doi.org/10.1029/2020GC008935.
Farolfi G., Keir D., Corti G., Casagli N. (2020). Spatial forecasting of seismicity provided from Earth observation by space satellite technology. Scientific Reports, 10:9696 | https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-66478-9.
Collanega L., Corti G., Breda A., Massironi M., Keir D. (2020). 3D extension at plate boundaries accommodated by interacting fault systems. Scientific Reports, 10:8669| https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-65599-5
Zwaan F., Corti G., Sani F., Keir D., Muluneh A., Illsley-Kemp F. Papini M. (2020). Structural analysis of the Western Afar Margin, East Africa: evidence for multiphase rotational rifting. Tectonics, 39, e2019TC006043,
https://doi.org/10.1029/2019TC006043.
Zwaan F., Corti G., Keir D., Sani F. (2020). A review of tectonic models for the rifted margin of Afar: implications for continental break-up and passive margin formation. Journal of African Earth Sciences, 164, 103649, 1-22.
Corti G., Nencini R., Skyttä P. (2020). Modelling the influence of pre-existing brittle fabrics on the development and architecture pull-apart basins.Journal of Structural Geology, 131, 103937, 1-15.
Bonini M., Cerca M., Moratti G., López-Martínez M., Corti G., Gracia-Marroquín D. (2019). Strain partitioning in highly oblique rift settings: Inferences from the southwestern margin of the Gulf of California (Baja California Sur, México). Tectonics, 38, 4426–4453.
Del Ventisette C., Bonini M., Agostini A., Corti G., Maestrelli D., Montanari D. (2019). Using different grain-size granular mixtures (quartz and K-feldspar sand) in analogue extensional models. Journal of Structural Geology, 129, 103888, 1-12.
La Rosa A., Pagli C., Keir D., Sani F., Corti G., Wang H., Posee D. (2019). Observing Oblique Slip During Rift Linkage in Northern Afar.Geophysical Research Letters, 46, 10782–10790, https://doi.org/ 10.1029/2019GL084801.
Norini G., Carrasco–Núñez G., Corbo-Camargo F., Lermo J., Hernández Rojas J., Castro C., Bonini M., Montanari D., Corti G., Moratti G., Piccardi L., Chavez G., Zuluaga M.C., Ordaz C., Ramirez M., Cedillo F. (2019). The structural architecture of the Los Humeros volcanic complex and geothermal field. Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research, 381, 312-329.
Boone S.C., Balestrieri M.L., Kohn B.P., Corti G., Gleadow A.J.W., Seiler C. (2019). Tectono-thermal evolution of the Broadly Rifted Zone, Ethiopian Rift.Tectonics, 38, 1070–1100. https://doi.org/10.1029/2018TC005210.
Corti G., Cioni R., Franceschini Z., Sani F., Scaillet S., Molin P., Isola I., Mazzarini F., Brune S., Keir D., Erbello A., Muluneh A., Illsley-Kemp F., Glerum A. (2019). Aborted propagation of the Ethiopian rift caused by linkage with the Kenyan rift.Nature Communications, 10: 1309, doi: 10.1038/s41467-019-09335-2
Sani F., Bonini M., Corti G., Moratti G. (2019). Extension direction re-orientation in the oceanic rift of Iceland, and comparison with continental rifts.Tectonophysics, 756, 25-42.
Skyttä P., Piippo S., Kloppenburg A., Corti G. (2019). The 2.45 Ga break-up of the Archaean continent in Northern Fennoscandia: Rifting dynamics and the role of inherited structures within the Archaean basement. Precambrian Research, 324, 303-323.
Bastow I.D., Booth A.D., Corti G., Keir D., Magee C., Jackson C.A-L., Warren J., Wilkinson J., Lascialfari M. (2018). The Development of Late-Stage Continental Breakup: Seismic Reflection and Borehole Evidence from the Danakil Depression, Ethiopia.Tectonics, 37, 2848–2862, https://doi.org/10.1029/2017TC004798.
De Matteo A., Corti G., van Wyk de Vries B., Massa B., Mussetti G. (2018). Fault-volcano interactions with broadly distributed stretching in rifts.Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Reseearch, 362, 64-75.
Corti G., Zeoli A., (2018). Analogue modelling of the influence of ice shelf collapse on the flow of ice sheets grounded below sea-level. Annals of Geophysics, 61, 3, OC332, doi: 10.4401/ag-7356.
Muluneh A.A., Kidane T., Corti G., Keir D. (2018). Constraints on fault and crustal strength of the Main Ethiopian Rift from formal inversion of earthquake focal mechanism data. Tectonophysics, 731-732, 172-180.
Corti G., Sani F., Agostini S., Philippon M., Sokoutis D., Willingshofer E. (2018). Off-axis volcano-tectonic activity during continental rifting: insights from the transversal Goba-Bonga lineament, Main Ethiopian Rift (East Africa). Tectonophysics, 728-729, 75-91.
Corti G., Molin P., Sembroni A., Bastow I.D., Keir D. (2018). Control of pre-rift lithospheric structure on the architecture and evolution of continental rifts: insights from the Main Ethiopian Rift, East Africa. Tectonics, 37, 477-496, https://doi.org/10.1002/2017TC004799.
Martínez F., Montanari D., Del Ventisette C., Bonini M., Corti G. (2018). Basin inversion and magma migration and emplacement: Insights from basins of northern Chile. Journal of Structural Geology, 114, 310-319.
Bonini M., Cerca M., Moratti G., López-Martínez M., Corti G., Gracia-Marroquín D. (2017). Early Miocene shortening in the lower Comondú Group in Baja California Sur (México). Tectonophysics, 719-720, 135-147.
Balestrieri M.L., Ferrari L., Bonini M., Duque-Trujillo J., Cerca M., Moratti G., Corti G. (2017). Onshore and offshore apatite fission-track dating from the southern Gulf of California: insights into the time-space evolution of the rifting. Tectonophysics, 719-720, 148-161.
Santulin M., Tamaro A., Rebez A., Slejko D., Sani F., Martelli L., Bonini M., Corti G., Poli M.E., Zanferrari A., Marchesini A., Busetti M., Dal Cin M., Spallarossa D., Barani S., Scafidi D., Barreca G., Monaco C. (2017). Seismogenic zonation as a branch of the logic tree for the new Italian seismic hazard map - MPS16: a preliminary outline.Bollettino di Geofisica Teorica ed Applicata, 58, 313-342
Montanari D., Bonini M., Corti G., Agostini A., Del Ventisette C. (2017). Forced folding above shallow magma intrusions: Insights on supercritical fluid flow from analogue modelling. Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research, 345, 67-80.
Brune S., Corti G., Ranalli G. (2017). Controls of inherited lithospheric heterogeneityon rift linkage: Numerical and analogue models of interaction between theKenyan and Ethiopian rifts across the Turkana depression. Tectonics, 36, doi:10.1002/ 2017TC004739.
Martelli L., Santulin M., Sani F., Tamaro A., Bonini M., Rebez A., Corti G., Slejko D. (2017). Seismic hazard of the Northern Apennines based on 3D seismic sources. Journal of Seismology, 21, 1251–1275.
Montanari D., Agostini A., Bonini M., Corti G., Del Ventisette C. (2017). The use of empirical methods for testing granular materials in analogue modeling. Materials, 10, 635; doi:10.3390/ma10060635.
Ferrer O., Dooley T.P., Corti G., Vidal-RoyoO.,. Hearon IV T.E., Reber J., Graveleau F. (2017). Introduction to Special Section: Analog modeling as an aid to structural interpretation. Interpretation, 5(1), SDi-SDii.
Minissale A., Corti G., Tassi F., Darrah T., Vaselli O., Montanari D., Montegrossi G., Yirgu G., Selmo E., Teclu A. (2017). Geothermal potential and origin of natural thermal fluids in the northern Lake Abaya area, Main Ethiopian Rift, East Africa. Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research, 336, 1-18.
Philippon M., Corti G. (2016). Obliquity along plate boundaries. Tectonophysics, 693, 171–182.
Sani F., Vannucci G., Boccaletti M., Bonini M., Corti G., Serpelloni E. (2016). Insights into the fragmentation of the Adria Plate. Journal of Geodynamics, 102, 121-138.
Erbello A., Corti G., Agostini A., Sani F., Kidane T., Buccianti A. (2016). Modeling along-axis variations in fault architecture in the Main Ethiopian Rift: implications for Nubia-Somalia kinematics. Journal of Geodynamics, 102, 24-38.
Bonini M., Delle Donne D., Corti G., Sani F., Piccardi L., Vannucci G., Genco R., Martelli L., Ripepe M. (2016). Seismic sources and stress transfer interaction among axial normal faults and external thrust fronts in the Northern Apennines (Italy): A working hypothesis based on the 1916-1920 time-space cluster of earthquakes. Tectonophysics, 680, 67-89.
Bonini M., Delle Donne D., Corti G., Sani F., Piccardi L., Vannucci G., Genco R., Martelli L., Ripepe M. (2016). Seismic sources and stress transfer interaction among axial normal faults and external thrust fronts in the Northern Apennines (Italy): A working hypothesis based on the 1916-1920 time-space cluster of earthquakes. Tectonophysics, in press.
Balestrieri M.L., Bonini M., Corti G., Sani F., Philippon M. (2016). A refinement of the chronology of rift-related faulting in the Broadly Rifted Zone, southern Ethiopia, through apatite fission-track analysis. Tectonophysics, 671, 42–55.
Martínez F., Bonini M., Montanari D., Corti G. (2016). Tectonic inversion and magmatism in the Lautaro Basin, northern Chile, Central Andes: A comparative approach from field data and analogue models. Journal of Geodynamics, 94–95, 68–83.
Piccardi L., Dobrev N., Moratti G., Corti G., Tondi E., Vannucci G., Matova M., Spina V. (2016). Overview and new data on the active tectonics of Bulgaria: towards a comprehensive seismotectonic map. Acta Vulcanologica, 25, 67-82.
Sani F., Bonini M., Montanari D., Moratti G., Corti G., Del Ventisette C. (2016). The structural evolution of the Radicondoli–Volterra Basin (southern Tuscany, Italy): Relationships with magmatism and geothermal implications. Geothermics, 59, 38-55.
Molin P., Corti G. (2015). Topography, river network and recent fault activity at the margins of the Central Main Ethiopian Rift (East Africa). Tectonophysics, 664, 67–82, DOI: 10.1016/j.tecto.2015.08.045.
Corti G., Dooley T.P. (2015). Lithospheric-scale centrifuge models of pull-apart basins. Tectonophysics, 664, 154–163, DOI: 10.1016/j.tecto.2015.09.004.
Corti G., Agostini A., Keir D., Van Wijk J., Bastow I.D., Ranalli G. (2015). Magma-induced axial subsidence during final-stage rifting: implications for the development of seaward dipping reflectors. Geosphere,11, 563–571, DOI: 10.1130/GES01076.1.
Keir D., Bastow I.D., Corti G., Mazzarini F., Rooney T.O. (2015). The origin of along-rift variations in faulting and magmatism in the Ethiopian rift. Tectonics, 34, 464-477, DOI:10.1002/2014TC003698.
Corti G., Bastow I.D., Keir D., Pagli C., Baker E. (2015). Rift-related morphology of the Afar Depression. In: Landscapes and Landforms of Ethiopia, Billi P. (Ed.)., Series: World Geomorphological Landscapes, Springer, 251-274.
Corti G., Costagliola P., Bonini M., Benvenuti M., Pecchioni E., Vaiani A., Landucci F. (2015). Modelling the failure mechanisms of Michelangelo’s David through small-scale centrifuge experiments. Journal of Cultural Heritage, 16, 26–31.
Philippon M., Willingshofer E., Sokoutis D., Corti G., Sani F., Bonini M., Cloetingh S. (2015). Slip re-orientation in oblique rifts. Geology, 43, 147–150.
Del Ventisette C., Gigli G., Bonini M., Corti G., Montanari M., Santoro S., Sani F., Fanti R., Casagli N. (2015). Insights from analogue modelling into the factors triggering the Vaiont landslide. Geomorphology, 228, 52–59.
Isola I., Mazzarini F., Corti G., Bonini M. (2014). Spatial variability of volcanic features in early-stage rift settings: the case of the Tanzania divergence, East African rift system. Terra Nova, 26, 461–468.
Corti G., Zeoli A., Iandelli I. (2014). Small-scale modelling of ice flow perturbations induced by sudden ice shelf breakup. Global and Planetary Change, 119, 51-55.
Philippon M., Corti G., Sani F., Bonini M., Balestrieri M.L., Molin P., Willingshofer E., Sokoutis D., Cloetingh S. (2014). Evolution, distribution and characteristics of rifting in southern Ethiopia. Tectonics, 33, 485-508, doi:10.1002/2013TC003430.
Corti G., Sani F., Philippon M., Sokoutis D., Willinghofer E., Molin P. (2013). Quaternary volcano-tectonic activity in the Soddo region, western margin of the Southern Main Ethiopian Rift. Tectonics, 32, 861-879.
Corti G. Philippon, M., Sani F., Keir, D., Kidane, T. (2013). Re-orientation of the extension direction and pure extensional faulting at oblique rift margins: comparison between the Main Ethiopian Rift and laboratory experiments. Terra Nova, 25, 396–404.
Corti G., Ranalli G., Agostini A., Sokoutis D. (2013). Inward migration of faulting during continental rifting: effects of pre-existing lithospheric structure and extension rate. Tectonophysics, 594, 137-148.
Corti G., Iandelli I., Cerca M. (2013). Experimental modeling of rifting at craton margins. Geosphere, 9(1), 138–154, doi:10.1130/GES00863.1.
Benvenuti M., Bonini M., Tassi F., Corti G., Sani F., Agostini A., Manetti P., Vaselli O. (2013). Holocene lacustrine fluctuations and deep CO2 degassing in the northeastern Lake Langano Basin (Main Ethiopian Rift). Journal of African Earth Sciences, 77, 1–10.
Corti G., Manetti P. (2012). Geologia e paesaggi della rift valley in Etiopia. Edizioni CNR, Roma-Pacini Editore, Pisa, 160pp.
Corti G. (2012). Evolution and characteristics of continental rifting: analogue modeling-inspired view and comparison with examples from the East African Rift System. Tectonophysics, 522-523, 1-33, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tecto.2011.06.010
Agostini A., Bonini M., Corti G., Sani F., Manetti P. (2011). Distribution of Quaternary deformation in the central Main Ethiopian Rift, East Africa. Tectonics, 30, TC4010, doi:10.1029/2010TC002833.
Boccaletti M., Corti G., Martelli, L. (2011). Recent and active tectonics of the external zone of the Northern Apennines (Italy), International Journal of Earth Sciences, 100, 1331-1348, doi: 10.1007/s00531-010-0545-y.
Corti G., Calignano E., Petit C., Sani F. (2011). Controls of lithospheric structure and plate kinematics on rift architecture and evolution: an experimental modeling of the Baikal Rift. Tectonics, 30, TC3011, doi:10.1029/2011TC002871.
Agostini A., Bonini M., Corti G., Sani F., Mazzarini F. (2011). Fault architecture in the Main Ethiopian Rift and comparison with experimental models: implications for rift evolution and Nubia-Somalia kinematics. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 301, 479-492.
Corti G., Ranalli G., Sokoutis D. (2010). Guest Editors of the special volume "Quantitative modelling of geological processes", Tectonophysics, Volume 484, Issues 1-4, Pages 1-194 (19 March 2010).
Corti G., Ranalli G., Sokoutis D. (2010). Preface to Quantitative modelling of geological processes. Tectonophysics, 484, 1-3.
Mazzarini F., Musumeci G., Montanari D., Corti G. (2010). Relations between deformation and upper crustal magma emplacement in laboratory physical models. Tectonophysics, 484, 139-146.
Montanari D., Corti G., Sani F., Del Ventisette C., Bonini M., Moratti G. (2010). Experimental investigation on granite emplacement during shortening. Tectonophysics, 484, 147-155.
Corti G., Ranalli G., Mulugeta G., Agostini A., Sani F., Zugu A. (2010). Control of the rheological structure of the lithosphere on the inward migration of tectonic activity during continental rifting. Tectonophysics, 490, 165-172.
Cerca M., Ferrari L., Corti G., Bonini M., Manetti P. (2010). Analogue model of inversion tectonics explaining the structural diversity of Late Cretaceous shortening in southwestern Mexico. Lithosphere, 2, 172-187.
Montanari D., Corti G., Simakin A. (2010). Magma chambers and localization of deformation during thrusting. Terra Nova, 22, 390-395.
Corti G., Manetti P., Abebe T., Bonini M., Mazzarini F. (2010). The volcano-tectonic activity of the Main Ethiopian Rift, East Africa: Insights into the evolution of continental rifting. Acta Vulcanologica, 20-21, 133-144.
Agostini A., Corti G., Zeoli A., Mulugeta G. (2009). Evolution, pattern and partitioning of deformation during oblique continental rifting: Inferences from lithospheric-scale centrifuge models. Geochemistry, Geosphysics, Geosystems (GCubed), 10, Q11015, doi:10.1029/2009GC002676.
Corti G., 2009. Continental rift evolution: from rift initiation to incipient break-up in the Main Ethiopian Rift, East Africa. Earth Science Reviews, 96, 1–53.
Cerca M., Ferrari L., Tolson G., Bonini M., Corti G., Manetti P. (2009). Analogue models of an early Cenozoic transpressive regime in southern Mexico: implications on the evolution of the Xolapa complex and the North American–Caribbean plate boundarys. In: The Origin and Evolution of the Caribbean Plate, K.H.. James, M.A.. Lorente, & J.L. Pindell (Eds.). Geological Society of London, Special Publication, 328, 179-193.
Sani F., M. Bonini, L. Piccardi, G. Vannucci, D. Delle Donne, M. Benvenuti, G. Moratti, G. Corti, D. Montanari, L. Sedda, C. Tanini (2009). Late Pliocene-Quaternary evolution of outermost hinterland basins of the Northern Apennines (Italy), and their relevance to active tectonics. Tectonophysics, 476, 336-356.
Sani F., M. Bonini, A. Cerrina Feroni, F. Mazzarini, G. Moratti, G. Musumeci, G. Corti, F. Iatta, A. Ellero (2009). Messinian-Early Pliocene crustal shortening along the Tyrrhenian margin of Tuscany, Italy. Bollettino della Società Geologica Italiana, Bollettino della Società Geologica Italiana, 128, 593-604.
Corti G., Zeoli A., Belmaggio P., Folco L. (2008). Physical modelling of the influence of bedrock topography and ablation on ice flow and meteorite concentration in Antarctica. Journal of Geophysical Research, 113, F01018, doi:10.1029/2006JF000708.
Corti G. (2008). Control of rift obliquity on the evolution and segmentation of the main Ethiopian rift. Nature Geoscience, 1, 258-262.
Deponti A., Zeoli A., Corti G. (2008). Numeric and Analogue Modelling of Ice Flow: A Preliminary Study. Terra Antarctica Reports, 14, 15-21.
Corti G., Bonini, M., Innocenti, F., Manetti, P., Piccardo, G.B., Ranalli, G. (2007). Experimental models of extension of continental lithosphere weakened by percolation of asthenospheric melts. Journal of Geodynamics, 43, 465–483.
Del Ventisette C., Montanari D., Sani F., Bonini M., Corti G. (2007). Reply to: Comment by J. Wickham on "Basin inversion and fault reactivation in laboratory experiments". Journal of Structural Geology, 29, 1417-1418.
Bonini M., Corti G., Del Ventisette C., Manetti P., Mulugeta G., Sokoutis D. (2007). Modelling the lithospheric rheology control on the Cretaceous rifting in West Antarctica. Terra Nova, 19, 360-366.
Corti, G., J. van Wijk, S. Cloetingh, and C. K. Morley (2007). Tectonic inheritance and continental rift architecture: Numerical and analogue models of the East African Rift system. Tectonics, 26, TC6006, http://dx.doi.org/10.1029/2006TC002086
Sokoutis D., Corti G., Bonini M., Brun J.-P., Cloetingh S. Mauduit T., Manetti P. (2007). Modelling the extension of heterogeneous hot lithosphere. Tectonophysics, 444, 63-79.
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What is the summary about the Rift Valley system of Ethiopia? ›
The Ethiopian Rift Valley, which is part of the famous East African Rift Valley, comprises numerous hot springs, beautiful lakes and a variety of wildlife. The valley is the result of two parallel faults in the earth's surface, between which in distant geological time, the crust was weakened and the land subsided.
What characterizes the Rift Valley section of Ethiopia? ›The Ethiopian rift valley is about 80 kilometres (50 mi) wide and bordered on both margins by large, discontinuous normal faults that give rise to major tectonic escarpments separating the rift floor from the surrounding plateaus.
Why is the Ethiopian Rift Valley important? ›Importance of the Great Rift Valley:
It is well known for volcanoes, hot springs, geysers, and frequent earthquakes. It represents a perfect environment to understand the evolution of mankind; for the important paleoanthropological discoveries in Ethiopia, Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda and Zaire.
The Rift Valley, located in Eastern Africa, covers just over 2% of the continent and spreads over seven countries (Map 5 and Table 29). min. max. The Rift Valley consists of a group of independent interior basins, extending from Djibouti in the north to Tanzania in the south, nearly half being located in Ethiopia.
What is Rift Valley short paragraph? ›A rift valley is a lowland region that forms where Earth's tectonic plates move apart, or rift. Rift valleys are found both on land and at the bottom of the ocean, where they are created by the process of seafloor spreading.
How did the Ethiopian Rift Valley form? ›Geologists know that the Rift Valley was formed by violent subterranean forces that tore apart the earth's crust. These forces caused huge chunks of the crust to sink between parallel fault lines and force up molten rock in volcanic eruptions.
What is the structure of rift valley? ›A rift valley is a linear shaped lowland between several highlands or mountain ranges produced by the action of a geologic rift. Rifts are formed as a result of the pulling apart of the lithosphere due to extensional tectonics. The linear depression may subsequently be further deepened by the forces of erosion.
What is the general structure of the rift valley? ›Rift valleys are usually narrow and long, some measuring hundreds of kilometres in length. Their floors are relatively flat, owing in large part to volcanic deposition and marine or lacustrine sedimentation. The sides of rift valleys drop steeply away in the form of steps and terraces.
How does the Great Rift Valley affect Ethiopia? ›Background. The Ethiopian highlands are a biodiversity hotspot, split by the Great Rift Valley into two distinct systems of plateaus and mountains. The Rift Valley is currently hot and dry and acts as a barrier to gene flow for highland-adapted species.
What problems does the Rift Valley bring? ›Rift Valley fever (RVF) is an important, neglected, zoonotic, mosquito-borne viral disease that causes severe human illness and death, as well as significant economic losses in the livestock industry.
Why the East African Rift Valley is the home of human evolution? ›
The Rift Valley in East Africa has been a rich source of hominid fossils that allow the study of human evolution. The rapidly eroding highlands quickly filled the valley with sediments, creating a favorable environment for the preservation of remains.
What are some fun facts about the Great Rift Valley? ›The lakes of the Great Rift Valley are home to 2 species of flamingo: the smaller 'lesser' flamingo and the large 'greater' flamingo. The birds prefer shallow water; after it rains they will often move to the next lake. Another fun fact: often seen balancing on one leg, the flamingo is born white/grey and not pink.
What is the history of the Rift Valley? ›Site of some of the oldest hominid fossils, The Great Rift Valley in East Africa refers to a massive land depression, formed approximately twenty million years ago when two parallel fault lines pulled apart.
Where does the Rift Valley start and end? ›The Great Rift Valley is a series of contiguous geographic trenches, approximately 7,000 kilometres (4,300 mi) in total length, that runs from Lebanon in Asia to Mozambique in Southeast Africa.
How long is the Rift Valley in Ethiopia? ›The Ethiopian sector of the East African Rift system extends for more than 1000 km in a NE-SW to N-S direction from the Afar depression, at Red Sea-Gulf of Aden junction, southwards to the Turkana depression.
Which is the largest rift valley in the world? ›The longest rift on Earth's surface, the Great Rift Valley is a long, deep depression with steep, wall-like cliffs, extending from Jordan in southwestern Asia southward through Africa to Mozambique.
What are the walls of the Rift Valley called? ›The valley floor is called a graben (sometimes used interchangeably with the term rift valley), and the valley sides are called horsts.
What is the geology of main Ethiopian rift? ›The Main Ethiopian rift is a valley some 84km wide and is extending ESE-WNW at a rate of about 2.5mm/yr. The rift is bordered by large, Miocene aged faults. Within the main rift are a series of offset Quaternary rift basins bound by faults and intruded by dykes.
What does the Rift Valley look like? ›This kind of valley is often narrow, with steep sides and a flat floor. Rift valleys are also called grabens, which means “ditch” in German. While there is no official distinction between a graben and a rift valley, a graben usually describes a small rift valley.
How many Rift Valley lakes are in Ethiopia? ›Ethiopia is home to over 20 lakes, most of which are a result of the Great African Rift Valley which extends from Jordan all the way down to Mozambique in Southern Africa. The rift has spawned some of the largest, deepest and oldest lakes in the world, with Ethiopia hosting a few. Hippos in Langano.
How many parts is the rift valley divided in to? ›
The system consists of two branches. The main branch, the Eastern Rift Valley (often called the Great Rift Valley, or Rift Valley), extends along the entire length of the system. In the north the rift is occupied by the Jordan River, the Dead Sea, and the Gulf of Aqaba.
What lies in rift valley? ›Tapi is rivers lies in a rift valley.
What type of boundary is rift valley? ›Rift valleys are formed by divergent boundaries that involve continental plates.
Which order of landforms is rift valley? ›The great rift valley- third order.
What is a rift valley quizlet? ›A rift valley is a linear-shaped lowland between several highlands or mountain ranges created by the action of a geologic rift or fault. A rift valley is formed on a divergent plate boundary, a crustal extension, a spreading apart of the surface, which is subsequently further deepened by the forces of erosion.
Did life begin in the Rift Valley? ›The origins of humanity can be traced back to Africa, with Homo sapiens found in Africa's Great Rift Valley about 200,000 years ago.
What is an example of Rift Valley in Ethiopia? ›The Ethiopian Central Rift Valley (CRV), encompassing Lake Ziway, Lake Abiyata, Lake Langano and Lake Shala, is part of the Great African Rift Valley and is a sub-basin of the Rift Valley Lakes Basin.
What is the climate in the Great Rift Valley? ›The valley contains the Cherangani Hills and a chain of volcanoes, some of which are still active. The climate is mild, with temperatures usually below 28 °C (82 °F). Most rain falls during the March–June and October–November periods.
How does rift valley affect people? ›Rift Valley fever (RVF) is a viral zoonosis that primarily affects animals but also has the capacity to infect humans. It is transmitted by mosquitoes and blood feeding flies. In humans, the disease ranges from a mild flu-like illness to severe haemorrhagic fever that can be lethal.
How have humans affected the Great Rift Valley? ›Unsustainable exploitation of fisheries and other living resources is caused by over-fishing, destructive fishing practices, and introduction of non-native species that affect the composition of the native communities, resulting sometimes in the collapse of certain species and dominance by resilient ones.
How is the Great Rift Valley unique? ›
The Rift Valley has been a rich source of fossils that allow study of human evolution, especially in an area known as Piedmont. Because the rapidly eroding highlands have filled the valley with sediments, a favourable environment for the preservation of remains has been created.
Who was the first human on the earth? ›The First Humans
One of the earliest known humans is Homo habilis, or “handy man,” who lived about 2.4 million to 1.4 million years ago in Eastern and Southern Africa.
An early-modern human fossil from a cave in Israel has been dated to around 180,000 years ago, showing that Homo sapiens left Africa more than 40,000 years earlier than previously believed.
How fast is Africa splitting? ›The Arabian Plate is moving away from Africa at a rate of about an inch per year, while the two African plates are separating even slower, between half an inch to 0.2 inches per year, according to Macdonald.
What animals live in the Great Rift Valley? ›- African lion.
- African spurred tortoise.
- Black and White Colobus monkey.
- Cape Griffon vulture.
- Cattle egret.
- Grant's zebra.
- Okapi.
- Red River Hog.
The geological World's Wonder extends from Tanzania through Kenya, into Ethiopia, from south to north, and much of it is in the Kenyan Rift Valley region. Its escarpments provide a beautiful home to the Kenyan diverse wildlife. The Great Rift Valley is a geological wonder worth exploring.
Does anyone live in the Great Rift Valley? ›Yes. People do live in the Great Rift Valley. Around one million Masaai villagers live along the Valley, specifically in Tanzania and Kenya such as the Tarangire National Park.
Who discovered the Rift Valley? ›The Great Rift was discovered almost hundred years ago by an intrepid geologist. John “Jack” Walter Gregory was born in London in 1864. His interest in the natural world and adventures emerged in his early years of study.
Why is Africa splitting apart? ›Shifting tectonic plates have been splitting the continent since the East African Rift – a 35-mile-long crack in Ethiopia's desert – emerged in 2005. Tectonic plate shifts in Ethiopia show that the African continent is splitting in two – paving the way for Earth's sixth ocean to emerge, according to researchers.
What type of fault is the East African Rift Valley? ›The East African Rift Valley (EAR) is a developing divergent plate boundary in East Africa.
What are the three sub divisions of the Ethiopian Rift Valley? ›
It is subdivided into three main parts:ÂThe Afar Triangle (northern)ÂThe Main Ethiopian Rift (central)ÂThe Chew-Bahir Rift (southern)The Afar Triangle (Northern Subdivision)The northern subdivision of the Ethiopian Rift Valley System, i.e., the AfarTriangle, is the largest and widest part of the system.
Is Death valley in Rift Valley? ›Essentially, Death Valley is a graben, or rift valley, formed by the sinking of a tremendous expanse of rock lying between parallel uplifted, tilted-block mountain ranges to the east and west.
Is there a cure for Rift Valley Fever? ›There are no FDA-approved treatments for Rift Valley Fever. Because most cases of RVF are mild and self-limiting, a specific treatment for RVF has not been established. Symptoms of mild illness such as fever and body aches can be managed with standard over-the-counter medications.
When was the Ethiopian Rift Valley formed? ›Rift initiation was asynchronous along the Ethiopian rift valley: deformation began around 18 million years ago at the south end, around 11 million years ago close to the Afar depression and probably around 6-8 million years ago in the central sector.
Which is the deepest Ethiopian Rift Valley? ›Lake Shalla lies in Ethiopia south of Addis Ababa, in the Abijata – Shalla National Park, this lake measure 28 kilometers long and 12 kilometers wide, with a surface area of 409 square kilometers, with a maximum depth of 250 meters, this makes it the deepest lake in Ethiopia and in Africa north of the equator and has ...
What is the role of the Rift Valley in the classification of Ethiopia in to different physiographic regions? ›The Great Rift Valley also acts as a geological barrier, extending more than 900 km between the border with Djibouti in the northeast to the border with Kenya in the southwest (Billi, 2015) and with a width between 50 and 60 km.
What was the basic cause for the formation of the Rift Valley system in Ethiopia and the Horn? ›Flood basalts erupted through fissures and a series of normal faults were generated, creating the classic 'horst and graben' morphology of elongate basins and associated highlands, which now make up the rift valley.
What makes East African Rift Valley so important for the study of human evolution? ›Discoveries in human evolution
The Rift Valley in East Africa has been a rich source of hominid fossils that allow the study of human evolution. The rapidly eroding highlands quickly filled the valley with sediments, creating a favorable environment for the preservation of remains.
three major physiographic units can be identified in Ethiopia. These are: The Western highlands and lowlands. The South-eastern (Eastern) highlands and lowlands.
Why is the Great Rift Valley such an important geographical feature of East Africa? ›The Great Rift Valley provides evidence of a split in the African Plate, dividing it into two smaller tectonic plates: the Somalian Plate and the Nubian Plate. The Great Rift Valley in East Africa is divided into the Western Rift and the Eastern Rift.
What are the three branches of Rift Valley? ›
The point from which the three branches radiate is called a "triple junction" and is well illustrated in the Afar region of Ethiopia (Figure 4), where two branches are occupied by the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden, and the third rift branch runs to the south through Ethiopia.
Where does Rift Valley start and end? ›The Great Rift Valley is a series of contiguous geographic trenches, approximately 7,000 kilometres (4,300 mi) in total length, that runs from Lebanon in Asia to Mozambique in Southeast Africa.
Which is the largest Rift Valley in the world? ›The longest rift on Earth's surface, the Great Rift Valley is a long, deep depression with steep, wall-like cliffs, extending from Jordan in southwestern Asia southward through Africa to Mozambique.
What is the geology of the main Ethiopian rift? ›The Main Ethiopian rift is a valley some 84km wide and is extending ESE-WNW at a rate of about 2.5mm/yr. The rift is bordered by large, Miocene aged faults. Within the main rift are a series of offset Quaternary rift basins bound by faults and intruded by dykes.
What are two forces that formed the Great Rift Valley? ›What are two forces that formed the Great Rift Valley? Rift Valley, Faults, Volcanic eruptions, and earthquakes.
What type of stone is used in Ethiopia? ›Basalt, tuffs and ignimbrite are extensively used for local housing and construction in Ethiopia. Such resources represent a potential for low-cost supply of an excellent construction material, and could be developed further.