East African Rift - Wikipedia
The East African Rift (EAR) or East African Rift System (EARS) is an active continental rift zone in East Africa. The EAR began developing around the onset of the Miocene, 22–25 million years ago. [1] It was formerly considered to be part of a larger …
East Africa's Great Rift Valley: A Complex Rift System - Geology.com
The East African Rift System is a complicated system of rift segments which provide a modern analog to help us understand how continents break apart.
What Is The East African Rift? - WorldAtlas
Dec 1, 2019 · The East African Rift (EAR) is an extensive continental rift located in East Africa. The rift has been developing for the past 20 to 25 million years, beginning in the Miocene epoch, and was previously considered to be part of the much larger Great Rift Valley.
East African Rift - WorldAtlas
Sep 9, 2023 · The East African Rift (EAR) is an extensive, intra-continental lowland region that is being slowly split by tectonic activity. As the name posits, it can be traced across the Eastern portion of the African continent , running in a generally North-South direction but with many meandering deviations.
East African Rift System | Great Rift Valley, Ethiopia, Kenya
East African Rift System, one of the most extensive rifts on Earth’s surface, extending from Jordan in southwestern Asia southward through eastern Africa to Mozambique. The system is some 4,000 miles (6,400 km) long and averages 30–40 miles (48–64 km) wide.
Great Rift Valley - Wikipedia
The term Great Rift Valley is most often used to refer to the valley of the East African Rift, the divergent plate boundary which extends from the Afar triple junction southward through eastern Africa, and is in the process of splitting the African plate into two new and separate plates.
Large crack in East African Rift is evidence of continent ... - PBS
Apr 1, 2018 · The East African Rift Valley stretches over 3,000km from the Gulf of Aden in the north towards Zimbabwe in the south, splitting the African plate into two unequal parts: the Somali and...
The Geological Society of London - East African Rift Valley, East Africa
The East African Rift Valley (EAR) is a developing divergent plate boundary in East Africa. Here the eastern portion of Africa, the Somalian plate, is pulling away from the rest of the continent, that comprises the Nubian plate.
Is Africa Splitting in Two? Really? Here's the Scoop
Mar 19, 2024 · The East African Rift System is a prime example of divergent tectonic plates pulling away from each other, with the African plate now appearing to be two separate entities — the Somalian tectonic plate and the larger Nubian tectonic plate — moving in opposite directions.
The East African Rift System forms a narrow (50–150 km wide), elongate system of normal faults that stretches some 3,500 km in a submeridian direction. It is connected to the world wide system of oceanic rifts via the Afar Triangle to the Gulf of Aden and the Red Sea (Figures 1 and 2). The EARS is composed of two rift trends called the ...