Rapid Rifting in Ethiopia Challenges Evolutionary Model
Volcanic activity in 2005 accompanied the formation of a deep, wide rift in Ethiopia on part of the 4,000-mile-long north-to-south trending Great Rift Valley fault. Studies show that the injection of mantle material that “unzipped” the earth along the fault operated the same way as similar material does in less-accessible undersea rifts. Scientists knew that rifts were formed in this manner, but the suddenness of this one’s formation astonished them...
Original Article: Forum: News/Activism
Tags: Earth, Ethiopia, Fault Studies, Great Rift Valley, Mantle Material, Rifts, Scientists, Unzipped, Volcanic Activity, Wide Rift