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A comment on Africa 'witnessing birth of a new ocean' (2010).

Re:Africa 'witnessing birth of a new ocean' (2010) by Anm on Wednesday January 11, 2017 @06:52PM (#13378606)
Another article from 2013 reports conflicting evidence: http://www.livescience.com/39724-afar-rift-deep-mantle-melt....
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Re:Africa 'witnessing birth of a new ocean' (2010) by dragonwriter on Wednesday January 11, 2017 @07:12PM (#13378735)
Actually, no, that article reports differences between the EAR and mature ocean spreading centers, but that is not evidence which conflicts with the idea that it is a nascent spreading center.
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Re:Africa 'witnessing birth of a new ocean' (2010) by bcraven on Thursday January 12, 2017 @04:46AM (#13381061)
Oh no, the idea that this is a rift zone is irrefutable
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