Scientists say they have evidence of a new continental rift forming in southern Africa that could eventually develop into a ...
Isotope analysis of gas from geothermal springs in Zambia could show that a new continental rift is forming, scientists say.
If this continues to develop, this rift could grow into a new tectonic plate boundary—splitting the African continent in half ...
Africa’s Turkana Rift Zone, a hotbed of hominin fossils, is caught in the act of “necking," a critical transition toward ...
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New plate boundary could be forming in southern Africa as a rift breaks through the Earth’s crust
A region known as the Kafue Rift could be the site of the world’s newest plate boundary, as the once stable African tectonic ...
Scientists have found that the crust beneath East Africa’s Turkana Rift is thinning to a critical point, signaling that the continent is slowly breaking apart. (Artist’s concept.) Credit: SciTechDaily ...
Hell, or something like it, may be a little closer than we thought. As a new study published in Nature Geoscience reveals, geologists at Cornell and the University of Texas have discovered a “hidden” ...
Tectonic map of the Earth. The first continental crust on Earth formed more than 3 billion years ago. Likely the first fragments formed by partial melting and re-crystallization of the primordial ...
Helium-rich gases rising through hot springs could mark the early stages of continental breakup in southern Africa.
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