2024年3月19日 · While experts have known that Africa is splitting in two for a while, pinpointing the exact cause has been a struggle. A wide zone of seismic activity and evidence now suggests the rift is caused by a superplume upwelling along the eastern edge of Africa.

The East African Rift may be drifting apart quicker than expected, one geologist warned. The rift is a massive 20-plus-million-year-old continental crack in the Earth's surface stretching across ...

2020年7月17日 · In one of the hottest places on Earth, along an arid stretch of East Africa’s Afar region, it’s possible to stand on the exact spot where, deep underground, the continent is splitting apart.

2018年3月29日 · The East African Rift Valley stretches over 3,000km from the Gulf of Aden in the north towards Zimbabwe in the south, splitting the African plate into two unequal parts: the Somali and Nubian...

2023年6月17日 · However, Africa may not split in two. The geological forces driving the rifting might prove too slow to separate the Somalian and Nubian plates, Ebinger said.

2023年3月21日 · The splitting of Africa would result in the formation of two new continents, significantly reshaping global geography. The new continents would be separated by an ocean, which would not only alter the existing landmasses but also lead to the creation of new coastlines and marine environments.

2023年3月10日 · Scientists say Africa is peeling apart into two parts that will eventually lead to the formation of a new ocean. While the process will take millions of years to complete, this will split present-day Somalia and parts of Kenya, Ethiopia, and Tanzania from the rest of …

3 天之前 · Three African plates moving apart. ... Rwanda, Uganda, Burundi, DR Congo, Malawi, Kenya, Tanzania, Zambia and Mozambique will be affected by the split between the Nubian and Somali plates.

2018年4月1日 · The East African Rift Valley stretches over 3,000km from the Gulf of Aden in the north towards Zimbabwe in the south, splitting the African plate into two unequal parts: the Somali and...

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