Please find additional information about the scientific objectives of the project in the following documents and figures

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1. Scientific rationale: The unsolved problems of transitional rifting
2. Why Ethiopia?

3. Origin and Tectonic Setting of the East African Rift System
4. Previous studies; the state of knowledge of the Main Ethiopian Rift
 4.1 Seismological Studies
 4.2 Gravity field of Ethiopia
 4.3 Petrologic and Geochemical Studies

5. Scientific Plan and Objectives
6. Methodology
 6.1 Seismic overview
 6.2 Active Source Seismic Experiments
 6.3 Passive Seismic Experiments
 6.4 Seismic Logistics and Local Arrangements
 6.5 Gravity
 6.6 Basalt Geochemistry
 6.7 Other methodologies: Structure/thermochronology; Geodesy; Magnetotellurics

Figures
Figure 1: Schedule of proposed research
Figure 2: Comparison of crustal structure, Afar-Ethiopia-Kenya
Figure 3: Topography of Ethiopian Plateau & Arabia-Nubia-Somalia triple junction
Figure 4: Quaternary magmatic segments and eruptive centers in the NMER
Figure 5: Landsat image of Main Ethiopian Rift
Figure 6: Existing refraction data in Ethiopia and Afar
Figure 7: Gravity field over Main Ethiopian Rift
Figure 8: Fully-funded seismic experiments, UK-EAGLE and othes, as of 12/2001
Figure 9: Proposed CD seismic experiment (schematic)
Figure 10: Deployment plans for US profile and fan shots
Figure 11: Geochemical cross-plot showing plume and enriched-mantle components
Figure 12: Example of 3D inversion of fan profiles

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