(ref) Slow Birth of a New Ocean in East Africa Through this rift ... took over 30 million years for the Earth’s crust in the rift valley to thin from “40 to 35 kilometers (25 miles), so ...

The Ethiopian volcanic situation keeps escalating. A video is circulating of an eruption from the Dofen volcano: To me, it’s an eruption because it’s throwing rocks and it’s on a ...

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 ...

Africa could one day be 'split into two' after a huge crack that continues to grow appeared in the continent. Go back 200 ...

while the Gulf of Aden and the Red Sea could flood the East African Rift Valley, forming a new ocean. However, complete continental separation is not expected for another 5 to 10 million years.