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Our new paper on our work on the Malawi Rift has been accepted for publication in tectonics. Abstract We used detailed analysis of Shuttle Radar Topography Mission-Digital Elevation Model and observations from aeromagnetic data to examine the influence of inherited lithospheric heterogeneity and kinematics in the segmentation of largely amagmatic continental rifts. We focused onContinue reading “New publication accepted for publication in Tectonics”

Four students and two faculty from the Boone Pickens School of Geology at Oklahoma State University, along with colleagues of the Malawi Geological Survey Department, conducted a 1 month field work in northern Malawi to better understand the role of pre-existing structures on the architecture of new faults created by rifting. Geophysical surveys that consistedContinue reading “Field work in Karonga, Malawi 2015”

The paper titled Serpentinization History of the Río Guanajibo Serpentinite Body, Puerto Rico has been accepted for publication. The authors are Erin Roehrig and Daniel A. Laó-Dávila from Oklahoma State University, and Amy Wolfe from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Link to PDF: http://authors.elsevier.com/a/1RDPI3BkFS6baD Below is the abstract: The Río Guanajibo serpentinite body (RGSB) near Mayagüez, Puerto Rico,Continue reading “New paper accepted for publication in Journal of South American Earth Sciences”

The paper Extent, kinematics and tectonic origin of the Precambrian Aswa Shear Zone in eastern Africa has been accepted for publication in Gondwana Research. The authors of the paper are: Andrew Katumwehe, Mohamed G. Abdelsalam, Estella Atekwana and Daniel A. Laó-Dávila. Click here for a link to the article and read the abstract below. The AswaContinue reading “New Paper accepted in Gondwana Research”

Five abstracts were accepted for presentation in the 2015 Geological Society of America South Central Annual Meeting to be held in Stillwater, Oklahoma, USA. Students and faculty from the Tectonics and Geophysics Group will present their research in the Session: “T1. East African Rift, Southern Oklahoma Aulacogen, Rio Grande Rift, and other Continental Rifts: A TributeContinue reading “Five Abstracts Accepted for Presentation in the 2015 GSA-South Central Meeting”

Investigators: Daniel A. Laó Dávila, Toni Ivey, and Estella Atekwana This IRES project will support undergraduate research projects in Malawi to understand the role of pre-existing structures on the initial stages of continental rifting. Over the next three years 12 U.S. undergraduate students will travel to Malawi and conduct field-based research focused on investigating faultingContinue reading “New NSF Grant Awarded to Dr. Laó Dávila and colleagues to investigate Continental Rifting in Malawi”