Plate Tectonics: Current Status of the East African Rift Zone
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| East Africa Rift System, GPS and Stresses, Mikenorton; CC BY-SA 4.0, Link |
Africa is splitting into two as new ocean forms, researchers say (The Jerusalem Post; March 22, 2023)
Are We Seeing a New Ocean starting to form in Africa? (Erik KLEMETTI, Eos; 8 May 2020)
Africa is splitting in two - here is why
(Lucia Pérez DIAZ, The Conversation; March 29, 2018
Rifting of Ethiopia Unearths Clues to Continents (Charles Q. CHOI, LiveScience; March 11, 2011)
Selected Research Articles:
Afar triple junction triggered by plume-assisted bi-directional continental break-up (KOPTEV et al., 2018)
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-018-33117-3
Evolution, distribution and characteristics of rifting in Ethiopia (PHILLIPON et al., 2014)
Evolution of the Main Ethiopian Rift in the frame of Afar and Kenya Rifts propagation (BONINI et al., 2005)
Angular velocities of Nubia and Somalia from continuous GPS data: implications on present day relative kinematics (FERNANDES et al., 2004)
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| Afar spreading rates, Razashah1; CC BY-SA 3.0, Link |
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