Geologists have a new explanation for the formation of the Midcontinent Rift, an ancient 2,000-mile-long underground crack that starts in Lake Superior and runs south. The rift is a geological hybrid, ...
A new study of hot springs in Zambia’s Kafue Rift has found helium and carbon isotope signatures in the region. These ...
The East African Rift System (EARS) is the world’s largest continental rift, stretching from Jordan to Mozambique. For years, geologists have been puzzled as to why EARS displays some deformations ...
Scientists say they have evidence of a new continental rift forming in southern Africa that could eventually develop into a ...
A new catalog of earthquake lights—mysterious glows sometimes reported before or during seismic shaking—finds that they happen most often in geological rift environments, where the ground is pulling ...
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Africa Is Splitting Apart Faster Than We Thought, Forming a New Ocean
(FrankRamspott/E+/Getty Images) Geologists have discovered that the African continent will split apart sooner than we thought. An active rift has reached a "critical threshold" and will soon break ...
An international team of geologists has a new explanation for how the Midwest's biggest geological feature -- an ancient and giant 2,000-mile-long underground crack that starts in Lake Superior and ...
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