The continents, which are thus movable, are supposed in Carboniferous times to have formed a single mass, and to have split up by rift-valley formation and started floating apart in late ...

Researchers have discovered a massive shift that is making Africa split apart and create a pathway for a new ocean - all much ...

As well as the basalt that is erupted into the valley and injected into the rocks below to create new ocean floor, sedimentary rocks will also be deposited within the rift valley. At first the rift ...

The reason it is also called a rift valley is because of the crustal movement that caused the fracture of the cliff and formed a natural canyon. This unique geological formation has given rise to ...

ADDIS ABABA, Jan. 10 (Xinhua) -- The Ethiopian Disaster Risk Management Council has announced that more than 58,000 citizens have been relocated from Afar and Oromia regions to temporary shelters due ...

The extensive rift extends through a minimum of ten countries. Researchers suggest that Africa's eastern and western fissures indicate potential openings in various directions.

The Ethiopian Disaster Risk Management Council has announced today that more than 58,000 citizens in Afar and Oromia regions ...

The formation of a sixth ocean could bring significant ... while the Gulf of Aden and the Red Sea could flood the East African Rift Valley, forming a new ocean. However, complete continental ...

Abbas Sharaqi, a professor of geology and water resources, confirmed that an earthquake occurred on Thursday, at 6:28 PM Cairo time, with a magnitude of 4.5 and a depth of 10 km in the Ethiopian Rift ...