Plate Tectonics: New Ocean Basin Forming More Rapidly within the East African Rift System

East African Rift System GPS and Stresses, Mikenorton; CC BY-SA 4.0 International, Link 


Africa is Splitting Apart: A New Ocean is Forming Faster Than Anyone Predicted (Lydia AMAZOUZ, Daily Galaxy; December 30, 2024)
https://dailygalaxy.com/2024/12/africa-splitting-new-ocean-forming-faster/


Selected Research Articles:


A review of the shrinking and expanding of the East Africa rift valley lakes:  The case of Ethiopian and Kenyan lakes (GEBREEGZIABHER et al., 2024)

Review of chemical properties of inland soda and saline waters in East Africa (rift valley region)
[LAMECK et al., 2023]

Evolution of the East African Rift System from trap-scale to plate-scale rifting (MICHON et al., 2022)

History of the development of the East African Rift System:  A series of interpreted maps through time (MACGREGOR, 2015)


East African Rift System (EARS), Cynthia EBINGER and Christopher A. SCHOLZ; CC BY-SA 4.0 International, Link
 


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