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The article says that the African plate is in the process of splitting into two sub-plates. Can we therefore treat the entire rift as a plate boundary? The world has many examples of continental rifts that came very close to break-up but then became inactive, having re ached beta factors of 4+ e.g. the Gulf of Suez rift and the Rockall Basin. Mikenorton ( talk) 07:58, 1 April 2008 (UTC)
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This article should be included in this one : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Rift_Valley —Preceding unsigned comment added by 194.98.79.68 ( talk) 16:28, 31 January 2011 (UTC)
I've just removed the section on the future of the EARS. We don't yet know if it will break up, or even if it does, which branch the break-up will be along, or if a microcontinent could be formed from the Victoria Plate or other microplates. I'm not aware of any reliable sources proposing this sort of timing, but perhaps I've missed something. The image was I think pure OR and it has a major problem with Madagascar, which is somehow unmoved during the break-up. Mikenorton ( talk) 19:39, 1 June 2019 (UTC)
Please see - Rajaonarison, Tahiry A.; Stamps, D. Sarah; Naliboff, John; Nyblade, Andrew; Njinju, Emmanuel A. (April 2023). "A Geodynamic Investigation of Plume‐Lithosphere Interactions Beneath the East African Rift". Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth. 128 (4). doi: 10.1029/2022JB025800.. I think this can be used to improve this article, but I'm nowhere near proficient in the topic to fo it myself. Roger (Dodger67) ( talk) 19:38, 15 June 2023 (UTC)
I have added a geology section to the main east Africa article so I anyone more knowledgeable than me would be able to add more detail it would be amazing. Legendarycool ( talk) 23:26, 13 June 2024 (UTC)
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It is requested that a photograph of the Rift valleys be
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Wikipedians in Africa may be able to help! The external tool WordPress Openverse may be able to locate suitable images on Flickr and other web sites. |
The article says that the African plate is in the process of splitting into two sub-plates. Can we therefore treat the entire rift as a plate boundary? The world has many examples of continental rifts that came very close to break-up but then became inactive, having re ached beta factors of 4+ e.g. the Gulf of Suez rift and the Rockall Basin. Mikenorton ( talk) 07:58, 1 April 2008 (UTC)
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This article should be included in this one : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Rift_Valley —Preceding unsigned comment added by 194.98.79.68 ( talk) 16:28, 31 January 2011 (UTC)
I've just removed the section on the future of the EARS. We don't yet know if it will break up, or even if it does, which branch the break-up will be along, or if a microcontinent could be formed from the Victoria Plate or other microplates. I'm not aware of any reliable sources proposing this sort of timing, but perhaps I've missed something. The image was I think pure OR and it has a major problem with Madagascar, which is somehow unmoved during the break-up. Mikenorton ( talk) 19:39, 1 June 2019 (UTC)
Please see - Rajaonarison, Tahiry A.; Stamps, D. Sarah; Naliboff, John; Nyblade, Andrew; Njinju, Emmanuel A. (April 2023). "A Geodynamic Investigation of Plume‐Lithosphere Interactions Beneath the East African Rift". Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth. 128 (4). doi: 10.1029/2022JB025800.. I think this can be used to improve this article, but I'm nowhere near proficient in the topic to fo it myself. Roger (Dodger67) ( talk) 19:38, 15 June 2023 (UTC)
I have added a geology section to the main east Africa article so I anyone more knowledgeable than me would be able to add more detail it would be amazing. Legendarycool ( talk) 23:26, 13 June 2024 (UTC)