Derek Keir

National Oceanography Centre — United Kingdom

Earth and Planetary Sciences · Physical Sciences

52h-index8.6kcitations377works1.82yr avg
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Research Topics

earthquake and tectonic studies(215), Geological and Geochemical Analysis(157), High-pressure geophysics and materials(103), Geological and Geophysical Studies(78), Seismic Imaging and Inversion Techniques(56)

Publications376 total

From magma to macrophage: the grand challenges of volcanic environments
Bulletin of Volcanology·2026Open Access
Cluster analysis reveals increasing plume-like magmatism during progressive rifting in Afar (Ethiopia)
Scientific Reports·2026Open Access
Correction: Segmented dike intrusion linked to multi-level magma storage during and before the 2025 eruption at Erta Ale (East Africa)
Frontiers in Earth Science·2026Open Access
Segmented dike intrusion linked to multi-level magma storage during and before the 2025 eruption at Erta Ale (East Africa)
Frontiers in Earth Science·2025· 1 citedOpen Access
Spatial and temporal evolution of graben formation during rift linkage using quantitative geomorphology: Insights from Central Afar
2025Open Access
Subsurface magmatic structure beneath the nested Awasa-Corbetti caldera complex, Main Ethiopian Rift, as determined from gravity data
Journal of African Earth Sciences·2025· 1 citedOpen Access
Cross-scale strain analysis in the Afar rift (East Africa) from automatic fault mapping and geodesy
Solid Earth·2025Open Access
The first observation of seismicity beneath the northwestern Ethiopian plateau and its seismotectonic implications
Frontiers in Earth Science·2025· 1 citedOpen Access
Seismic and aseismic deformation in the Danakil Depression, East Africa and Corinth Rift, Greece: Magma-rich vs magma-poor rift extension
Tectonophysics·2025· 1 citedOpen Access
A viable Labrador Sea rifting origin of the Northern Appalachian and related seismic anomalies
Geology·2025· 1 citedOpen Access
Melt generation and evolution in the Adda’do rift segment of the Afar rift from trace elements and petrography
Frontiers in Earth Science·2025· 1 citedOpen Access
Integrating Fault Stability and Stress Analysis in Ethiopian Rift Geothermal Field
2025Open Access
We detected deep pulses beneath Africa – what we learned could help us understand volcanic activity
2025
Scientific response to the 2024–2025 dyke intrusions in the Fentale-Dofen Region, Ethiopia: geophysical monitoring, surface manifestations, and hazard mapping
Bulletin of Volcanology·2025· 1 citedOpen Access
Mantle upwelling at Afar triple junction shaped by overriding plate dynamics
Nature Geoscience·2025· 8 citedOpen Access
Control of Gravitational Potential Energy on the Distribution of Off‐Rift Volcanic Activity in the Turkana Depression, East African Rift
Geophysical Research Letters·2025Open Access
Volcanism records plate thinning driven rift localization in Afar (Ethiopia) since 2-2.5 million years ago
Communications Earth & Environment·2025· 4 citedOpen Access
The East African Rift System
Geophysical monograph·2025· 7 citedOpen Access
The link between geothermal resources and subsurface geological structures in the magma-rich Ethiopian rift: A case study of the Boku geothermal prospect
Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research·2025· 2 citedOpen Access
Continuous Subsidence of Dallol Volcano Caused by Magmatic, Hydrothermal, and Salt Dissolution Processes: Insights From InSAR Observations
Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems·2025· 1 citedOpen Access
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Frequent Co-authors

Atalay Ayele(25), C. J. Ebinger(22), I. D. Bastow(19), G. W. Stuart(15), J. O. S. Hammond(13), Tim Wright(11), J. M. Kendall(11), M. Belachew(9), Gezahegn Yirgu(5), Elias Lewi(5), Ghebrebrhan Ogubazghi(5), J. V. Rowland(5), Carolina Pagli(4), Ian Hamling(4), E. Calais(4), Eve Daly(4), Giacomo Corti(4), Berhe Goitom(4), Juliet Biggs(3), E. Jacques(3)