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Geologic map of the Arabian Shield showing the major geologic terranes and their boundaries, Najd fault system, and sedimentary basins (modified after Al-Amri et al., 2004) and the seismic activity ...

A spot in eastern Africa called the Afar Triangle marks the meeting point of three rift zones—lines where Earth’s crust is being rent apart. Researchers haven’t been sure exactly what drives this ...

Chemical fingerprints from volcanic rock offer hints of what’s happening in the mantle below the area where three rift zones ...

The vertical movement of the mantle is one of the driving forces that brings about large-scale geological changes to the ...

In the Afar Depression of East Africa, a remarkable geological transformation is unfolding, with scientists revealing that ...

A plume of molten rock deep beneath eastern Africa is pulsing upward in rhythmic surges, slowly splitting the continent and ...

Researchers mapped a pulsing mantle plume under Afar that channels molten rock upward, stretching Africa’s crust until it ...

A new study has provided a major update on why Africa is being split into two. The rift has been happening gradually for ...

Geologists have long suspected a mantle plume beneath the area, but little was known about its structure or behaviour.

In one of Earth’s most geologically active regions, East Africa is experiencing a profound transformation. Beneath the surface, tectonic plates are gradually pulling apart, with the potential to ...

Scientists say Africa is slowly splitting in two due to molten rock pulses beneath Ethiopia, potentially forming a new ocean ...