Marie Tharp pioneered mapping the bottom of the ocean 6 decades ago – scientists are still learning about Earth’s last frontier
Despite all the deep-sea expeditions and samples taken from the seabed over the past 100 years, humans still know very little ...
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The Sea Floor Spread
Running along the top of this chain of mountains is a deep crack, called a rift valley. It is here that new ocean floor is continuously created. As the two sides of the mountain move away from ...
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'Earth is splitting into two': We will get a new ocean and continent faster than we thought
Ocean’s Cradle As the Gulf of Aden and Red Sea flood the Rift Valley, an ocean will form, dramatically altering ecosystems, economies, and livelihoods in the region. Though spanning millions of ...
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Tectonic Basins
As well as the basalt that is erupted into the valley and injected into the rocks below to create new ocean floor, sedimentary rocks will also be deposited within the rift valley. At first the rift ...
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Shocking discovery on the Earth’s map – This continent could be splitting in two
There are also both negative and positive consequences of this divide. A new ocean basin will be created because of the expansion of the Rift Valley. Additionally, East Africans may face possibilities ...
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Why does Ethiopia have earthquakes and volcanoes? A geologist explains
Scientists see it as a fascinating natural laboratory that will culminate in a north-south continental split – and ultimately create a new ocean – along the great East African Rift Valley.