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

THE African rift system is usually considered to be a continental extension of the mid-oceanic ridge–rift system, a connexion being made through the Gulf of Aden and the Gulf of Tajura.

Researchers have found new evidence that a gigantic superplume of hot rock is rising beneath Africa, causing intense volcanic activity and splitting the continent in two. Geologists have long ...

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The East African Rift System (EARS) is the largest active continental rift system on Earth. It is in the process of ripping through around 2,175miles (3,500km) of Africa. Continental rifting ...

A new study has revealed that the East African Rift System (EARS), the 2,000-mile-long tear that runs from Ethiopia to Malawi, is ripping apart the continent at nearly double the previously ...

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Lake Natron sits along the East African Rift System, a divergent tectonic plate boundary that is tearing apart the African Plate. This geology means that Lake Natron is shaped by volcanic ...

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