Publications
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Peer-reviewed publications
Published in Journal of African Earth Sciences, 2023
This paper is about the how crustal-scale density contrast boundaries concentrate strain and localize intraplate earthquakes.
Recommended citation: Chisenga, C., Kolawole, F., Rajaonarison, T., Atekwana, E. A., Yan, J., & Shemang, E. M. (2023). Localization of large intraplate earthquakes along faulted density-contrast boundaries: Insights from the 2017 Mw6. 5 Botswana earthquake. Journal of African Earth Sciences, 197, 104752. doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jafrearsci.2022.104752
Published in Geology, 2021
This paper is about using 3D thermo-mechanical modeling to elucidate what is the main mechanism that causes East Africa to break-up.
Recommended citation: Stamps, D. S., Kreemer, C., Fernandes, R., **Rajaonarison, T. A.**, & Rambolamanana, G. (2021). Redefining east African rift system kinematics. Geology, 49(2), 150-155. doi: https://doi.org/10.1130/G47985.1
Published in Geophysical Research Letters, 2021
This paper is about using 3D thermo-mechanical modeling to elucidate what is the main mechanism that causes East Africa to break-up.
Recommended citation: **T.A. Rajaonarison**, D.S. Stamps, J. Naliboff (2021), Role of Lithospheric Buoyancy Forces in Driving Deformation in East Africa, Geophysical Research Letters. doi: https://doi.org/10.1029/2020GL090483
Published in Journal of Geophysical Research, Solid Earth, 2019
This paper is about elucidating the source mechanism of the observed complex azimuthal seismic anisotropy beneath Madagascar. This study yields better understanding of mantle flow beneath Madagascar and the mantle rheology beneath continetal regions.
Recommended citation: **Rajaonarison, T. A.**, Stamps, D. S., Fishwick, S., Brune, S., Glerum, A., & Hu, J. (2020). Numerical modeling of mantle flow beneath Madagascar to constrain upper mantle rheology beneath continental regions. Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, 125(2), e2019JB018560. https://doi.org/10.1029/2019JB018560
Published in Tectonics, 2019
Lithospheric Structure of the Malawi Rift: Implications for Magma-Poor Rifting Processes
Recommended citation: Njinju, E. A., Atekwana, E. A., Stamps, D. S., Abdelsalam, M. G., Atekwana, E. A., Mickus, K. L., **Rajaonarison, T. A.**, Nyalugwe, V. N. (2019). Lithospheric structure of the Malawi Rift: Implications for magma‐poor rifting processes. Tectonics, 38(11), 3835-3853. doi: https://doi.org/10.1029/2019TC005549
Publications Under Review
T.A. Rajaonarison, D.S. Stamps, J. Naliboff, A. Nyblade, Emmanuel Njinju, (In Review), A Geodynamic Investigation of Plume-Lithosphere InteractionsBeneath the East African Rift, Journal of Geophysical Research.
Njinju A. E., D.S. Stamps, R. Tyron, E. Atekwana, T. A. Rajaonarison (In Review) Tomography-based convection beneath the Rungwe Volcanic Province, East Africa: implications for melt generation, Geophysical Journal International.
Publications In Prep.
R. Andrianasolo, T. A. Rajaonarison (In Preparation), Magma Plumbing System Beneath the Intraplate Cenozoic Ankaratra and Itasy Volcanoes, Revealed by Vp, Vp/Vs 3D Tomography, to be submitted to Geophysical Research Letters.
