The Afar rift is a world-class natural field lab where continental breakup can be directly observed. The northern part of Afar, the Danakil Depression, especially represents a unique snapshot in space and time when the continent ruptures and new seafloor and adjacent rifted margins form. However, deep subsurface records are missing in the basin. Therefore, the Afar Dallol Drilling - ONset of sedimentary processes in an active rift basin (ADD-ON) project aims at deep drilling in the Danakil Depression to provide a unique sedimentary record in an active rift basin paced by global environmental fluctuations and their interplay with volcanic and tectonic events.

The workshop Report is available under: https://doi.org/10.5194/sd-33-207-2024

Citation: Foubert, A., Keir, D., Atnafu, B., Kidane, T., and the ADD-ON Workshop Consortium: Workshop report: Afar Dallol Drilling – ONset of sedimentary processes in an active rift basin (ADD-ON), Sci. Dril., 33, 207–218, 2024.