[Rockhounds] Huge crack opens in Kenya's Rift Valley

[J Bryan Kramer]

That is the area that is supposed to be opening up a gap to the Red
Sea, which will flood the rift valley.

More info here:
<https://www.standardmedia.co.ke/article/2001273849/alarm-as-suswa-crevasses-re-appear-after-two-weeks-photos>

but the actual rift connection will occur north of this in Ethiopia:
<https://www.geolsoc.org.uk/Plate-Tectonics/Chap3-Plate-Margins/Divergent/Triple-Junction>

BK


 “Unlike the cruel Leonidas, who demanded that you stand, I require
only that you kneel.”

--Xerxes

J Bryan Krämer       North Florida, USA
photos at: http://pbase.com/photoburner


On Fri, Mar 23, 2018 at 2:15 PM, Tim Fisher <nospam at orerockon.com> wrote:
> That'll hold it!
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> Part of a highway has collapsed after a crack opened up in Kenya’s Rift Valley.
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> Several families have been evacuated from the Suswa area in the south-western part of the country.
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> http://www.bbc.com/news/av/world-africa-43501954/huge-crack-opens-in-kenya-s-rift-valley
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