From rifting to drifting

Fred F. Pollitz ()
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Fred F. Pollitz: Department of Geology

Nature, 1999, vol. 398, issue 6722, 21-22

Abstract: Africa is splitting apart down the East African Rift. An analysis of the relative motion of the tectonic plates involved allows the rate of continental rifting to be estimated.

Date: 1999
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DOI: 10.1038/17913

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