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Where's the beach?(EARTH/TECTONICS)
Beachgoers may have a new vacation spot. An ocean may be starting to form in an African desert.
On September 14, 2005, an earthquake struck Ethiopia's Afar Desert. Afterwards, scientists watched as the desert surface cracked open along a rift, or boundary along which two slowly moving rock plates separate. Over three weeks, the ground pulled apart 4 meters (13 feet), along a 60 kilometer (37 mile)-long crack.
Oceans are known to form along this type of boundary. And the recent sighting is helping geologists understand that process. When magma, or molten rock, rises from deep underground, it pushes the rock plates apart. As the plates separate over time, a valley grows in between. Eventually, water from an adjacent ...
- EAST AFRICA.(Bibliography)
- Magazine article from: Africa Barringer, T. A. January 1, 1998 700+ words
...Conflict, age & power in North East Africa: age systems in transition, Oxford...Conflict, age & power in North East Africa, pp. 79-97 (item 1299) 1301 Nagashima...Conflict, age & power in North East Africa, pp. 227-248 (item 1299) 1302...
- Hill & Knowlton Expands Operations to East Africa in Joint Venture With...
- Press release article from: PR Newswire April 17, 2009 700+ words
...new company, Hill & Knowlton East Africa Ltd, builds on H&K's already...continent." Hill & Knowlton East Africa Ltd will cover Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania...Knowlton said: "The launch of H&K East Africa is an important step in the expansion...
- East Africa.
- Magazine article from: Africa September 22, 2004 700+ words
...politics and social change in coastal East Africa. Anthropological quarterly 76 4 2003...Mann, R., The History of beads in East Africa. Kenya past and present 31 2000 36...guide to the common trees and shrubs of East Africa. Cape Town Struik 2002 320 pp. Current...
- Former GM Kenya Ltd. Name Change to General Motors East Africa Ltd.
- Press release article from: PR Newswire March 1, 2004 700+ words
...in the company name to General Motors East Africa Ltd., which reflects the region of...Managing Director of General Motors East Africa Limited stated, "General Motors has...closely match our business model in East Africa." In 1993, GM Corporation expanded...
- Starbucks Commits to Double its Coffee Purchases from East Africa by 2009.
- Press release article from: Business Wire February 15, 2007 700+ words
...will increase its coffee purchases in East Africa two fold in two years. In FY 2006 Starbucks...pledged to double its purchases from East Africa by 2009. The announcement was made...to staff a Farmer Support Center in East Africa, adding on to the success of the first...
- East Africa's branding boom: the intense rivalry between telecoms providers in...
- Magazine article from: African Business Sorbara, Mark J. October 1, 2007 700+ words
...demand for natural resources, but in East Africa the advertising sector is riding the...representation across a wide range of sectors in East Africa. According to George Waititu, managing...change over the past few years throughout East Africa. Nandkishor Buty, the managing ...
- ECO East Africa. (wildlife simulation game from IVI Publishing) (Software...
- Magazine article from: Computer Shopper Brenesal, Barry September 1, 1995 700+ words
ECO East Africa IVI Publishing 7500 Flying Cloud Dr...you don't see every day. In ECO East Africa, you're transported to the wilds...Ethemba up and running again. ECO East Africa teaches you how an African wildlife...
- U.S., East Africa Allies Must Overcome Radical Islam to Reshape the Region's...
- News wire article from: Ascribe Higher Education News Service February 3, 2009 700+ words
...primary terrorist/extremist threat in East Africa, the region suffers more broadly from...threat is al Qaeda, which has made East Africa a central part of its global strategy...Despite the inroads of radical groups, East Africa is not particularly fertile soil for...
