US EditionSouthampton research reveals how Africa may split to form new ocean
ETHIOPIA, JUN 30 – Researchers found a dynamic mantle plume beneath Ethiopia’s Afar region driving tectonic rifting that could form a new ocean basin, based on analysis of over 130 volcanic rock samples.
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East Africa’s crack could become a new ocean
In a remote stretch of East Africa, the ground is splitting. A deep fracture has opened across Ethiopia’s Afar region, and it’s still growing, with no signs of stopping. What started as a rift is now becoming something larger: the birth of a new ocean. Researchers have been watching this shift unfold for years, but the latest findings caught even them off guard. The pace is no longer slow. Source
Under the Afar-Senke in Ethiopia, a magma cloud bubbles. It divides the continent and lays the foundation for a future oceanIn the deep interior of Africa, a hot heart beats: Under the Afar region in Ethiopia, a cloud of molten rock pulsates, reports a research team in the journal "Nature Geoscience".The rhythmic relapses therefore gradually tear the continent apart and cause a new ocean to emerge.The upward flow of hot material from the deep ea…
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