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Continental Rift Could Explain Why So Many Early Human Fossils Are Found In East Africa

It might not be a coincidence that one of the most interesting geologic locations in the world is also palaeoanthropology’s ...
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There's A Vast Superplume Hidden Under East Africa That May Be Causing It To Split

The volcanic activity and tectonic splitting of the East African Rift Valley is probably driven by activity deep within the Earth, a new study reveals, starting where the core meets the mantle. The ...
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Geological background to fossil man recent research in the Gregory Rift Valley, East Africa edited by Walter W. Bishop

Rifting in East Africa and large-scale tectonic processes / E.R. Oxburgh -- Structural development of the East African Rift System / R.M. Shackleton -- Structural volcanic evolution of the Gregory ...
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Africa is splitting—and Earth's sixth ocean is rising from below

In the dry, sun-scorched deserts of Ethiopia, a slow but astonishing transformation has been unfolding since 2005. A 35-mile-long crack, known as the East African Rift, is gradually tearing through ...
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A Hidden Blob Beneath Africa Is Fueling Volcanoes—and It Could Split the Continent in Two

Here’s what you’ll learn in this story: Geothermal being so lucrative in the region has some positive side effects for scientists studying the ever-fascinating EARS. Because companies do so much ...
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Sedimentation in the African rifts edited by L.E. Frostick [and others]

African rift tectonics and sedimentation : an introduction / H.G. Reading -- Geomorphology of the African Rift System / A.T. Grove -- Geophysical controls on sedimentation within the African rift ...