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Aborted propagation of the Ethiopian rift caused by linkage with the Kenyan rift

Tectonic setting of the Turkana depression. a Quaternary faults, seismicity and Quaternary volcanoes in the Turkana depression and surrounding regions superimposed on a SRTM (NASA Shuttle Radar Topography Mission) digital elevation model (modified from ref. 17). Seismicity from USGS National Earthquake Information Center (NEIC) catalogue (https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/search/); Quaternary volcanoes from the…

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Volcanic threats to global society

The 1991 eruption of Mount Pinatubo in the Philippines, classified as VEI 6, cooled global climate by up to 0.7 °C for several years. Papale P., W. Marzocchi (2019).Science, 363/6433, 1275-1276, DOI: 10.1126/science.aaw7201. Eruzioni nel mondo, presentata la prima stima globale delle probabilità Un recente studio…

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