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Dereje Ayalew is affiliated with Addis Ababa University in Ethiopia and has contributed to various areas within Earth and Planetary Sciences as well as Computer Science. Their research spans multiple subfields including Geophysics, Artificial Intelligence, Atmospheric Science, Earth-Surface Processes, and Geochemistry and Petrology.

The scientist's work addresses significant topics such as Geological and Geochemical Analysis, Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping, Geology and Paleoclimatology Research, Geological formations and processes, High-pressure geophysics and materials, earthquake and tectonic studies, and Clay minerals and soil interactions.

Among notable publications authored or co-authored by Dereje Ayalew are:

  • Stratigraphic framework of the northeastern part of the Ethiopian flood basalt province, 2021, Bulletin of Volcanology
  • Pedogenic origin of Mezezo opal hosted in Ethiopian Miocene rhyolites, 2020, The Canadian Mineralogist

Frequent co-authors in their collaborative research include:

  • Karen Fontijn
  • Gezahegn Yirgu
  • Worash Getaneh
  • Raphaël Pik
  • Amdemichael Zafu Tadesse

Key venues that have featured multiple publications involving Dereje Ayalew reflect their core research areas and are as follows:

  • Bulletin of Volcanology
  • Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research
  • Lithos
  • Journal of African Earth Sciences
  • Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems

Their work often involves the integration of geological, geochemical, and geophysical data aimed at understanding volcanic systems, rift dynamics, and mineral formation in the East African region. Specific studies include the stratigraphic frameworks of volcanic provinces and volcanic eruption frequency in continental rift settings.

The body of research situates Dereje Ayalew within active scientific discussions on volcanology and tectonics, supported by interdisciplinary collaborations and publications in both Earth sciences and computational methods.

Best Publications

  • Relationships between mafic and peralkaline silicic magmatism in continental rift settings: A petrological, geochemical and isotopic study of the Gedemsa volcano, Central Ethiopian rift

    Angelo Peccerillo;M. Barberio;G. Yirgu;D. Ayalew

  • Flood and shield basalts from Ethiopia: Magmas from the African superswell

    Bruno Kieffer;Nicholas Arndt;Henriette Lapierre;Florence Bastien

  • Evolution of the northern Main Ethiopian rift: birth of a triple junction

    Ellen Wolfenden;Cynthia Ebinger;Gezahegn Yirgu;Alan Deino

  • Matching conjugate volcanic rifted margins: 40Ar/39Ar chrono-stratigraphy of pre- and syn-rift bimodal flood volcanism in Ethiopia and Yemen

    Ingrid A. Ukstins;Paul R. Renne;Ellen Wolfenden;Joel Baker

  • The northwestern Ethiopian Plateau flood basalts: Classification and spatial distribution of magma types

    Raphaël Pik;Catherine Deniel;Christian Coulon;Gezahegn Yirgu

  • Heads and tails: 30 million years of the Afar plume

    T. Furman;J. Bryce;T. Rooney;B. Hanan

  • Source, genesis and timing of giant ignimbrite deposits associated with Ethiopian continental flood basalts

    Dereje Ayalew;Pierre Barbey;Bernard Marty;Bernard Marty;Laurie Reisberg

  • Structure of the Ethiopian lithosphere: Xenolith evidence in the Main Ethiopian Rift

    Tyrone O. Rooney;Tanya Furman;Gezahegn Yirgu;Dereje Ayalew

  • Slope stability susceptibility evaluation parameter (SSEP) rating scheme – An approach for landslide hazard zonation

    Tarun Kumar Raghuvanshi;Jemal Ibrahim;Dereje Ayalew

  • Sulfur degassing at Erta Ale (Ethiopia) and Masaya (Nicaragua) volcanoes: Implications for degassing processes and oxygen fugacities of basaltic systems†

    J. M. de Moor;T. P. Fischer;Z. D. Sharp;P. L. King

  • Lithospheric modification during crustal extension in the Main Ethiopian Rift

    Tyrone Rooney;Tyrone Rooney;Tanya Furman;Ian Bastow;Ian Bastow;Dereje Ayalew

  • Petrogenesis of silicic peralkaline rocks in the Ethiopian rift: Geochemical evidence and volcanological implications

    Angelo Peccerillo;Carmelita Donati;A. P. Santo;A. Orlando

  • Trace elements in the gas emissions from the Erta Ale volcano, Afar, Ethiopia

    Michael E. Zelenski;Tobias P. Fischer;J. Maarten de Moor;Bernard Marty

  • Quaternary faulting and volcanism in the Main Ethiopian Rift

    B Abebe;Valerio Acocella;T Korme;D. Ayalew

  • Crustal contribution to the genesis of Ethiopian plateau rhyolitic ignimbrites: basalt and rhyolite geochemical provinciality

    Dereje Ayalew;Gezahegn Yirgu

  • Modes of rifting in magma-rich settings: Tectono-magmatic evolution of Central Afar†

    Martin Stab;Martin Stab;Nicolas Bellahsen;Raphaël Pik;Xavier Quidelleur;Xavier Quidelleur

  • Peralkaline magma evolution and the tephra record in the Ethiopian Rift

    Tyrone O. Rooney;William K. Hart;Chris M. Hall;Dereje Ayalew

  • Melting the lithosphere: Metasomes as a source for mantle-derived magmas

    Tyrone O. Rooney;Wendy R. Nelson;Dereje Ayalew;Barry Hanan

  • Temporal compositional variation of syn-rift rhyolites along the western margin of the southern Red Sea and northern Main Ethiopian Rift

    D. Ayalew;C. Ebinger;E. Bourdon;E. Bourdon;E. Wolfenden

  • Head-to-tail transition of the Afar mantle plume: Geochemical evidence from a Miocene bimodal basalt-rhyolite succession in the Ethiopian Large Igneous Province

    Dereje Ayalew;Sally A. Gibson

  • Correlation of Indian Ocean tephra to individual Oligocene silicic eruptions from Afro-Arabian flood volcanism

    Ingrid Ukstins Peate;Joel A. Baker;Adam J.R. Kent;Mohamed Al-Kadasi

Frequent Co-Authors

Gezahegn Yirgu
Gezahegn Yirgu Addis Ababa University
Raphaël Pik
Raphaël Pik University of Lorraine
Sylvie Leroy
Sylvie Leroy Sorbonne University
Martin Menzies
Martin Menzies Royal Holloway University of London
Joel A. Baker
Joel A. Baker University of Washington
Nicolas Bellahsen
Nicolas Bellahsen Sorbonne University
Bernard Marty
Bernard Marty University of Lorraine
Pierre Barbey
Pierre Barbey University of Lorraine
Adam J.R. Kent
Adam J.R. Kent Oregon State University
Giovanni Orsi
Giovanni Orsi University of Naples Federico II

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