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The focused emplacement of magmas at spreading ridges represents the primary means by which more than two-thirds of the earth's crust is generated. Yet the mechanisms by which the partially molten lower crust is accreted and deformed are poorly understood. This dissertation pres…

The Afar system is a unique place on Earth where a triple rift junction may be emerging. As the three rifts separating Arabia, Nubia and Somalia plates have not achieved a complete connection at present, I observe a 200 km wide area of complex surface deformation. A variety of e…