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My current research concentrates on the Main Ethiopian Rift from the perspective of geochemical and petrographical variation in the central rift. This central zone is considered a key transition zone between the continental rifting to the south and seafloor spreading to the north. My research investigates key magmatic processes associated with this transitional rifting and evaluates geochemical data in an extensive geophysical framework. This synthesis of geochemical, petrographic and geophysical data at this important location is a primary objective of the EAGLE project that sponsors this work. |
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Structure
of the Ethiopian Lithosphere: Xenolith Evidence in the Main Ethiopian Rift Abstract |
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Rooney T. O. and Parizek R. R. (2005)
Hydrogeologic
Framework of a Turbitiditic Limestone and Overburden in North Dublin,
Ireland –
Insights from a Motorway Tunnel Project. Hydrogeology Journal Submitted. Furman T., Bryce J. G.,
Rooney T., Hanan B. B., Yirgu
G., and Ayalew D. (2005) Heads and Tails: 30 Million Years of the Afar
Plume. Journal
of the Geological Society of London. In Press. Rooney
T. O., Furman T., Ayalew D., and Yirgu G.
(2004) Silicate Veining Above an Ascending Mantle Plume - Evidence from
New
Ethiopian Xenolith Localities. EOS Trans. AGU, 85(47),
Fall Meet. Suppl., F 1925. Rooney T., Marone C., and Arthur M. A. (2004) The
Sea Around Us. Kendall/Hunt. ISBN: 0-7575-0895-2 |
