Publications

Lajas Panorama

Peer-Reviewed Publications

  1. Ojo, O.*, Thomson, S.N., and Laó-Dávila, D.A., 2024, Neogene–Quaternary Initiation of the Southern Malawi Rift and linkage to the Reactivated Carboniferous–Jurassic Shire Rift: Tectonophysics, v. 877, doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tecto.2024.230270.
  2. Weilert, L. * and Laó-Dávila, D.A., 2023, Fault Structure and Segmentation of the Punta Montalva Fault in Southwestern Puerto Rico Using High-Resolution Digital Elevation Models: Tectonophysics, v. 860, doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tecto.2023.229921.
  3. Dávalos-Elizondo, E. * and Laó-Dávila, D.A., 2023, 3D Structural model and slip-dilation tendency analysis of the Chiweta Zone: Geothermal System implications and Fault Reactivation Potential: Journal of African Earth Sciences, v. 198, doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jafrearsci.2022.104809.
  4. Dávalos-Elizondo, E. * and Laó-Dávila, D.A., 2023, Structural Analysis of Fracture Networks Controlling Geothermal Activity in the Northern Part of the Malawi Rifted Zone from Aeromagnetic and Remote Sensing Data: Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research, v. 433, doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2022.107713.
  5. Kolawole, F. , Vick, T., Atekwana, E.A., Laó-Dávila, D.A., Costa, A.G., and Carpenter, B.M., 2022, Strain Localization and Migration During the Pulsed Lateral Propagation of the Shire Rift Zone, East Africa: Tectonophysics, v. 839, doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tecto.2022.229499
  6. Ojo, O.*, Ohenhen, L.O., Kolawole, F., Johnson, S.G., Chindandali, P.R., Atekwana, E., and Laó-Dávila, D.A., 2022, Under-Displaced Normal Faults: Strain Accommodation along an Early-Stage Rift-Bounding Fault in the Southern Malawi Rift: Frontiers in Earth Science. doi: 10.3389/feart.2022.846389.
  7. Scott C.P., Giampietro, T., Brigham, C., Leclerc, F., Manighetti, I., Arrowsmith, J.R., Laó-Dávila, D.A., and Mattéo, L., 2021, Semiautomatic Algorithm to Map Tectonic Faults and Measure Scarp Height from Topography Applied to the Volcanic Tablelands and the Hurricane Fault, Western US. Lithosphere 2022; 2021 (Special 2): 9031662. doi: https://doi.org/10.2113/2021/9031662Dávalos-Elizondo, E.*, Atekwana, E. A., Atekwana, E. A., Tsokonombwe, G., and Laó-Dávila, D.A., 2021, Medium to low enthalpy geothermal reservoirs estimated from geothermometry and mixing models of hot springs along the Malawi Rift Zone: Geothermics, v. 89, doi: 10.1016/j.geothermics.2020.101963.
  8. Fletcher, A. *, Abdelsalam, M., Emishaw, L., Atekwana, E., Laó-Dávila, D.A., and Ismail, A., 2018, Lithospheric Controls on the Rifting of the Tanzanian Craton at the Eyasi Basin, Eastern Branch of the East African Rift System: Tectonics, v. 37, doi: https://doi.org/10.1029/ 2018TC005065
  9. Kolawole, F. *, Atekwana, E., Laó-Dávila, D.A., Abdelsalam, M.G., Chindandali, P., Salima, J., and Kalindekafe, L., 2018, High resolution electrical resistivity and aeromagnetic imaging reveal the causative fault of the 2009 Mw 6.0 Karonga, Malawi Earthquake: Geophysical Journal International, v.213, no. 2, p. 1412-1425, doi: 10.1093/gji/ggy066.
  10. Kolawole, F. *, Atekwana, E., Laó-Dávila, D.A., Abdelsalam, M.G., Chindandali, P.R., Salima, J., and Kalindekafe, L., 2018, Active deformation of Malawi Rift’s North Basin hinge zone modulated by reactivation of pre-existing Precambrian shear zone fabric: Tectonics, v. 37, no. 3, p. 683-704, doi: 10.1002/2017TC004628.
  11. Dawson, S.M., Laó-Dávila, D.A., Atekwana, E.A., and Abdelsalam, M.G., 2018, The Influence of the Precambrian Mughese Shear Zone Structures on Strain Accommodation in the Northern Malawi Rift: Tectonophysics, v.722, p.53-68, doi: 10.1016/j.tecto.2017.10.010.
  12. Homer, J., Laó-Dávila, D.A., and Ramming, C., 2017, Increasing Seismic Activity in Oklahoma: Are Historic Buildings at Risk?, AEI 2017, p. 915-926, doi: 10.1061/9780784480502.077.
  13. Parks, S., Byrnes, J., Abdelsalam, M., Laó Dávila, D.A., Atekwana, E.A., and Atya, M.A., 2016, Assessing Groundwater Accessibility in the Kharga Basin: A Remote Sensing Approach, Journal of African Earth Sciences, v. x, doi: 10.1016/j.jafrearsci.2016.11.002.
  14. Emishaw, L., Laó-Dávila, D.A., Abdelsalam, M.G., Atekwana, E.A., and Gao, S.S., 2017, Evolution of the Broadly Rifted Zone in southern Ethiopia through gravitational collapse and extension of dynamic topography, Tectonophysics, v. 699, p. 213-226, doi: 10.1016/j.tecto.2016.12.009.
  15. Laó-Dávila, D.A. and Llerandi-Román, P.A., 2015, Structural Analysis of Hanging Wall and Footwall Blocks within the Río Guanajibo Fold-and-Thrust Belt in Southwest Puerto Rico, International Journal of Earth Sciences, doi: 10.1007/s00531-015-1290-z.
  16. Laó-Dávila, D.A., Al-Salmi, H.S.*, Abdelsalam, M.G., and Atekwana, E.A., 2015, Hierarchical Segmentation of the Malawi Rift: The Influence of Inherited Lithospheric Heterogeneity and Kinematics in the Evolution of Continental Rifts, Tectonics, doi: 10.1002/2015TC003953.
  17. Roehrig, E.E., Laó-Dávila, D.A., and Wolfe A.L., 2015, Serpentinization History of the Río Guanajibo Serpentinite Body, Puerto Rico, Journal of South American Earth Sciences, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jsames.2015.06.004
  18. Katumwehe, A., Abdelsalam, M.G., Atekwana, E.A., and Laó-Dávila, D.A., Extent, kinematics and tectonic origin of the Precambrian Aswa Shear Zone in Eastern Africa, Gondwana Research (2015), http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.gr.2015.03.007
  19. Laó-Dávila, D.A., 2014, Collisional Zones in Puerto Rico and the northern Caribbean, Journal of South American Earth Sciences, v. 54, p. 1-19, 10.1016/j.jsames.2014.04.009.
  20. Laó-Dávila, D.A., Llerandi-Román, P.A., and Anderson, T.H., 2012, Cretaceous-Paleogene thrust emplacement of serpentinite in southwestern Puerto Rico: Geological Society of America Bulletin, doi: 10.1130/B30630.1.
  21. Laó-Dávila, D.A. and Anderson, T.H., 2009, Kinematic analysis of serpentinite structures and the manifestation of transpression in southwestern Puerto Rico: Journal of Structural Geology, v. 31, p. 1472-1489.
  22. Mann, P., Prentice, C.S., Hippolyte, J-C., Grindlay, N.R., Abrams, L.J., and Laó-Dávila, D., 2005, Reconnaissance study of Late Quaternary faulting along Cerro Goden fault zone, western Puerto Rico, in Mann, P., ed., Active tectonics and seismic hazards of Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, and offshore areas: Boulder, Colorado, Geological Society of America Special Paper, v. 385, p. 115-138.