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A Complex Mantle Plume Head Below East Africa‐Arabia Shaped by the Lithosphere‐Asthenosphere Boundary Topography by Civiero, Chiara, Lebedev, Sergei, Celli, Nicolas L.

“…Hot plumes rising from Earth's deep mantle are thought to cause uplift, rifting and large igneous province (LIP) emplacement. LIP volcanism in continents often…”
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Mantle structure beneath the Macaronesian volcanic islands (Cape Verde, Canaries, Madeira and Azores): a review and future directions by Civiero, Chiara, Santos de Carvalho, Joana Filipa, Silveira, Graça

“…Ocean island volcanism provides a unique window into the nature of mantle composition, dynamics and evolution. The four Macaronesian archipelagos-Cape Verde,…”
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Revisiting the geodynamics of the Middle East region from an integrated geophysical perspective by Civiero, Chiara, Celli, Nicolas L., Tesauro, Magdala

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Corrigendum: Mantle structure beneath the Macaronesian volcanic islands (Cape Verde, Canaries, Madeira and Azores): a review and future directions by Chiara Civiero, Joana Carvalho, Graça Silveira, Graça Silveira

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A common deep source for upper-mantle upwellings below the Ibero-western Maghreb region from teleseismic P-wave travel-time tomography by Civiero, Chiara, Strak, Vincent, Custódio, Susana, Silveira, Graça, Rawlinson, Nicholas, Arroucau, Pierre, Corela, Carlos

“…Upper-mantle upwellings are often invoked as the cause of Cenozoic volcanism in the Ibero-western Maghreb region. However, their nature, geometry and origin…”
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The role of the seismically slow Central-East Atlantic anomaly in the genesis of the Canary and Madeira volcanic provinces by Civiero, Chiara, Custódio, Susana, Maria de Almeida Neres, Marta, Schlaphorst, David, Mata, João, Silveira, Graça

“…The Canary and Madeira provinces in the Central-East Atlantic Ocean are characterized by an irregular spatio-temporal distribution of volcanism along the…”
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Unveiling the Distinct Structure of the Upper Mantle Beneath the Canary and Madeira Hotspots, as Depicted by the 660, 410, and X Discontinuities by Bonatto, Luciana, Schlaphorst, David, Silveira, Graça, Mata, João, Civiero, Chiara, Piromallo, Claudia, Schimmel, Martin

“…The Canary and Madeira Islands are two distinct hotspots in the Central‐East Atlantic that are close to each other. Their volcanism is generally attributed to…”
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PRISM3D: a 3-D reference seismic model for Iberia and adjacent areas by Arroucau, P, Custódio, S, Civiero, C, Silveira, G, Dias, N, Díaz, J, Villaseñor, A, Bodin, T

“…SUMMARY We present PRISM3D, a 3-D reference seismic model of P- and S-wave velocities for Iberia and adjacent areas. PRISM3D results from the combination of…”
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Thermal Nature of Mantle Upwellings Below the Ibero‐Western Maghreb Region Inferred From Teleseismic Tomography by Civiero, Chiara, Custódio, Susana, Rawlinson, Nicholas, Strak, Vincent, Silveira, Graça, Arroucau, Pierre, Corela, Carlos

“…Independent models of P wave and S wave velocity anomalies in the mantle derived from seismic tomography help to distinguish thermal signatures from those of…”
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Dynamics of the Gibraltar Arc System: A Complex Interaction Between Plate Convergence, Slab Pull, and Mantle Flow by Civiero, Chiara, Custódio, Susana, Duarte, João C., Mendes, Virgilio B., Faccenna, Claudio

“…In typical subduction systems, plate convergence is subperpendicular to the trench. The Gibraltar Arc System is exceptional, with its narrow subduction arc…”
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Understanding the nature of mantle upwelling beneath east africa by Civiero, Chiara

“…Over the last decade several theories have been used to explain hotspot phenomena occurring at Earth's surface. The most prominent is that of hot upwelling…”
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Small‐scale thermal upwellings under the northern East African Rift from S travel time tomography by Civiero, Chiara, Goes, Saskia, Hammond, James O. S., Fishwick, Stewart, Ahmed, Abdulhakim, Ayele, Atalay, Doubre, Cecile, Goitom, Berhe, Keir, Derek, Kendall, J. Michael, Leroy, Sylvie, Ogubazghi, Ghebrebrhan, Rümpker, Georg, Stuart, Graham W.

“…There is a long‐standing debate over how many and what types of plumes underlie the East African Rift and whether they do or do not drive its extension and…”
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