Continental rift valleys are huge fractures on the surface of our planet that progressively break continental plates with the eventual development of new oceans. The African rift valley between ...

AFRICA is splitting apart – meaning the continent will form two separate land masses with an ocean in between in several ...

A massive African superplume appears to be driving the divide of one of the world's largest continents. Here's what we know.

Researchers in the College of Arts and Sciences have published new details about the evolution of the East African Rift (EAR) Valley, one of the world's largest continental rift zones. Christopher ...

Africa is splitting into two continents due to tectonic forces reshaping the Earth beneath our feet. This video explores the ...

This process is accompanied by surface manifestations along the rift valley in the form of volcanism and seismic activity. Rifts are the initial stage of a continental break-up and, if successful ...

This process is accompanied by surface manifestations along the rift valley in the form of volcanism and seismic activity. Rifts are the initial stage of a continental break-up and, if successful, can ...

Researchers have found fresh evidence that Africa is breaking apart because of a deep mantle superplume of hot rock beneath ...

The volcanic activity and tectonic splitting of the East African Rift Valley is probably driven ... is the largest continental rift system on the planet. Most explanations for the extreme events ...

Rift valleys are found both on the continents and on ocean floors. A continental rift valley comprises of a type of tectonic valley and, differs from river and glacial valleys. River valleys are ...

"This is the only place on Earth where you can study how a continental rift becomes an ... over the Afar region and into the East African Rift Valley and become a new ocean, and that part of ...