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Addis Ababa - A continental rifting process that normally takes millions of years to form has developed over a span of seven weeks in the Afar region of northeastern Ethiopia. ... It is obvious that if the rifting process continues at the current observed rate, then it would not take millions years for the Afar region to...
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www.monstersandcritics.com/science/features/article_107...
www.monstersandcritics.com/science/features/article_1071386.php/Scientists_observe_rare_continental_rift_process_in_Ethiopia
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Rift valley - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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A rift valley is a linear-shaped lowland between highlands or mountain ranges created by the action of a geologic rift or fault. This action is manifest as crustal extension, a spreading apart of th...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rift_valley
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Rifting is the process by which a continent splits and separates to form a new divergent boundary. This animation shows the progressive formation and evolution of a continental rift, and the formation of a mid-ocean ridge.
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www.wwnorton.com/earth/egeo/animations/ch2.htm
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It has generally been accepted that continental extension through heterogeneous lithosphere may ease or delay the rift propagation process. Rifting ...
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linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0012821X04006752
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The forces of divergence literally tear a continent apart as the two or more blocks of continental crust begin slowly moving apart and magma pushes into the rift formed between them. Eventually, if the process of continental rifting continues, a new sea is born between the two continents.
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www.scienceclarified.com/Ph-Py/Plate-Tectonics.html
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from the same tectonic process, continental rift- ing, in contrasting settings relative to rift axes. ..... tectonic process, continental rifting. They also ...
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geology.geoscienceworld.org/cgi/reprint/15/3/229.pdf
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The process of continental rifting is primarily a result of a deviation from isostatic equilibrium in the presence of a tensional stress regime. The origin of this extensional force relates the primary driving force of plate tectonics, Mantle convection.
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www.geosci.usyd.edu.au/users/prey/Teaching/ACSGT/ERepor...
www.geosci.usyd.edu.au/users/prey/Teaching/ACSGT/EReports/eR.2003/GroupB/Report1/cause.html
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Week 3: Parting the continents - continental rifting. ... Map pattern evolution and models of continental rifting: ... What might be factors that determine the pattern of continental rifting...
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maps.unomaha.edu/Maher/plate/week3/contrift.html
maps.unomaha.edu/Maher/plate/week3/contrift.html
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Continental rifting is the poorly understood thermomechanical process by which continents break up and new ocean basins form. Two dominant styles of continental rifting are recognized1. Crevice style rifts are characterized by initial graben formation, local uplift of the graben shoulders, and little or no volcanism.
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www.nature.com/nature/journal/v333/n6172/abs/333450a0.h...
www.nature.com/nature/journal/v333/n6172/abs/333450a0.html
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