AFTER the discovery of Lake Rudolf in 1888, Suess showed that the Jordan, Dead Sea, and Red Sea fractures were not continued along the coast of Africa, but through the East African lake chain, the ...
In northeast Ethiopia, the rift shoved continental plates apart by 25 feet in just a few days, completely shocking ...
PROF. GREGORY is to be congratulated on having found, or made, opportunity to complete his work in East Africa, begun so brilliantly and adventurously in 1892–3. Returning to the country for a short ...
Continental rift valleys are huge fractures on the surface of the Earth that break continental plates with the eventual development of new oceans. Although instrumental in driving climate and ...
A large crack, stretching several kilometres, made a sudden appearance recently in south-western Kenya. The tear, which continues to grow, caused part of the Nairobi-Narok highway to collapse and was ...