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Geology Of Africa
The geology of Africa is varied and complex, and gives rise to the wide variety of landscapes found across the continent. The African continent rests over two main plates. The African Plate, accounting for the whole of north Africa, and the Somali Plate, which accounts for the eastern side of mid and southern Africa. The Somali Plate is moving away from the African Plate in a split from Djibouti in the north, to Eswatini in the south. The parting of these two plates formed the southern part of what used to be known as The Great Rift Valley. In geological terms, the African and Somali plate separation has formed the East African Rift System (EARS), comprising two separate rifts systems - the Eastern Rift Valley, and a western branch known as the Albertine Rift. Two massive domes were formed, the Kenyan dome and the Ethiopian dome (known as the Ethiopian Highlands). The Albertine Rift follows the western edge of the Kenyan dome. This runs from Lake Malawi in the south, up into L ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Motion Of Nubia Plate
In physics, motion is when an object changes its Position (geometry), position with respect to a reference point in a given time. Motion is mathematically described in terms of Displacement (geometry), displacement, distance, velocity, acceleration, speed, and frame of reference to an observer, measuring the change in position of the body relative to that frame with a change in time. The branch of physics describing the motion of objects without reference to their cause is called ''kinematics'', while the branch studying forces and their effect on motion is called ''dynamics (mechanics), dynamics''. If an object is not in motion relative to a given frame of reference, it is said to be ''at rest'', ''motionless'', ''immobile'', ''wikt:stationary, stationary'', or to have a constant or time-invariant position with reference to its surroundings. Modern physics holds that, as there is no absolute frame of reference, Isaac Newton's concept of ''Absolute space and time, absolute motion' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
