Rifting in East Africa and large-scale tectonic processes / E.R. Oxburgh -- Structural development of the East African Rift System / R.M. Shackleton -- Structural volcanic evolution of the Gregory ...

The volcanic activity and tectonic splitting of the East African Rift Valley is probably driven by activity deep within the Earth, a new study reveals, starting where the core meets the mantle. The ...

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 ...

In the dry, sun-scorched deserts of Ethiopia, a slow but astonishing transformation has been unfolding since 2005. A 35-mile-long crack, known as the East African Rift, is gradually tearing through ...

It'll take tens of millions of years, but Africa may eventually split into two parts. While geologists have known about this possibility for a while, it became news recently when a large crack, ...

The East African Rift System (EARS) is one of the most impressive geologic features on the planet—not to mention one of the most volcanically active and geothermally rich. Understanding what drives ...

For millions of years, Africa has been slowly splitting apart. Now, scientists have found new evidence pointing to a dramatic force deep beneath the continent—a rising African superplume that could be ...