I just returned home from an adventure in Ecuador, the highlight was two weeks on a boat exploring the Galápagos Islands. As ...

A ‘ghost plume’ identified deep in the mantle beneath Oman suggests there may be more heat flowing out of Earth’s core than ...

“Active” Plate tectonics is important as both the SWUS ... The Tanzanian part of the East Africa Rift System (EARS) has features of both the SWUS, tertiary volcanic related “playas” and Continental ...

[Jonah Onyango, Standard] The thrilling track competition at the Rift Valley Secondary School Games, tacticians say, was as good as the often blistering national contest. As they conclude their ...

In plate tectonics, the Earth’s lithosphere ... tend to be shallow and relatively small. Divergent plate motion formed the Great Rift Valley in Africa, the Red Sea, and the Gulf of Aden.

While the East African Rift Valley is an area of active tectonics ... leading to volcanic activity and the creation of new crust. The boundary between the Somali Plane and the Nubian Plate is where ...

as saying that 'rifting' is when a single tectonic plate breaks up into two or more plates separated by divergent boundaries. A lowland area, or ‘rift valley’, appears where tectonic plates ...

The rift valley is a classic example of a divergent plate boundary. Photograph by Chris Johns This is surprisingly similar to the contrasting magmas that long ago erupted from the nearby ...

The theory of plate ... divergent boundaries are tectonic boundaries where plates "diverge" or are tugged apart. This motion creates giant troughs on land, such as the East Africa Rift.

Macharia’s work references the Great Rift Valley, which spans Eritrea to Mozambique. Over thousands of years, major tectonic activity has shaped the geographic marvel, as the Somali plate pulls away ...

Interview with Nelson Wandera on an outbreak of Rift Valley fever virus in Uganda and an approach aimed at advancing surveillance, treatment, and research. 13m 56s Download Uganda is currently ...