The desert floor in Ethiopia looks fixed and ancient, but it is moving. Across the Afar region and down the East African Rift ...
Helium gases from deep inside Earth were found in Zambia’s hot springs. This proves the Kafue Rift may be forming a new plate ...
Rare rift phase: Scientists confirm East Africa’s Turkana Rift is in a rare 'necking' stage, a precursor to ocean basin formation. Zambia’s hidden rift: Helium-rich gases from Zambia’s Kafue Rift ...
Beneath the sun-scorched lowlands of northern Kenya and southern Ethiopia, the ground is quietly coming apart. New seismic data from the Turkana Rift Zone reveal that the Earth’s crust has thinned to ...
The East African Rift system represents a major zone of continental extension where the African Plate is slowly splitting into separate plates. Volcanism here is driven by upwelling mantle material ...
The East African Rift System constitutes a prime example of continental rifting, where the African Plate splits into Nubian and Somali sub-plates. This process is marked by axial rift valleys, normal ...