The East African Rift (EAR) or East African Rift System (EARS) is an active continental rift zone in East Africa. The EAR began developing around the onset of the Miocene, 22–25 million years ago. [1]

The two EAR branches are often grouped with the Ethiopian Rift to form the East Africa Rift System (EARS). The complete rift system therefore extends 1000's of kilometers in Africa …

East African Rift System, one of the most extensive rifts on Earth ’s surface, extending from Jordan in southwestern Asia southward through eastern Africa to Mozambique. The system is some 4,000 miles (6,400 km) long and averages 30–40 miles (48–64 km) wide.

2023年9月9日 · The East African Rift (EAR) is an extensive, intra-continental lowland region that is being slowly split by tectonic activity. As the name posits, it can be traced across the Eastern portion of the African continent, running in a generally North-South direction but with many meandering deviations.

The East African Rift Valley (EAR) is a developing divergent plate boundary in East Africa. Here the eastern portion of Africa, the Somalian plate, is pulling away from the rest of the continent, that comprises the Nubian plate.

2019年12月1日 · The East African Rift (EAR) is an extensive continental rift located in East Africa. The rift has been developing for the past 20 to 25 million years, beginning in the Miocene epoch, and was previously considered to be part of the much larger Great Rift Valley.

In this unit you will explore the volcanic and earthquake activity that characterizes the East African Rift. You will also take a detailed look at the sediments the lie within the Rift lakes, in order to learn about ancient climates in this region.

RIFT SYSTEM The East African Rift (EAR) is an active continental rift zone in East Africa. The EAR . egan developing around the onset of the Miocene, 22–25 million years ago (Ebinger, 2005). In the past, i.

2005年10月1日 · The East African rift system is a series of several thousand kilometers long aligned successions of adjacent individual tectonic basins (rift valleys), separated from each other by relative shoals and generally bordered by uplifted shoulders.

The East African rift system comprises a unique succession of graben basins linked and segmented by intracontinental transform, transfer and accommodation zones.