Oceanic rift between the African and Arabian Plates
Red Sea Rift between the African (Nubian) Plate and the Arabian Plate
The Red Sea Rift is a mid-ocean ridge between two tectonic plates, the African Plate and the Arabian Plate. It extends from the Dead Sea Transform fault system, and ends at an intersection with the Aden Ridge and the East African Rift, forming the Afar Triple Junction in the Afar Depression of the Horn of Africa.
The Red Sea Rift was formed by the divergence between the African and Arabian Plates. The rift transitioned from a continental rift to an oceanic rift.[1] Magnetic anomalies suggest that the spreading rate on either side of the Red Sea is about 1 cm/year. The African plate has a rotation rate of 0.9270 degrees/Ma, while the Arabian plate has a rotation rate of 1.1616 degrees/Ma.[2]
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^Mckenzie, D. P.; Davies, D.; Molnar, P. (1970). "Plate Tectonics of the Red Sea and East Africa". Nature. 226 (5242): 243–248. doi:10.1038/226243a0.
The RedSeaRift is a mid-ocean ridge between two tectonic plates, the African Plate and the Arabian Plate. It extends from the Dead Sea Transform fault...
though related rift and fault systems. This valley extends northward for 5,950 km through the eastern part of Africa, through the RedSea, and into Western...
shorelines it incorporates, until finally reaching the RedSea proper at the Straits of Tiran. The Jordan Rift Valley was formed many millions of years ago in...
and rift-flank uplifts mainly on one side. Where rifts remain above sea level they form a rift valley, which may be filled by water forming a rift lake...
continental rifting leading to seafloor spreading and producing an oceanic basin. Here, the RedSeaRift meets the Aden Ridge and the East African Rift. The...
Andreas Fault at the Salton Sink. The GCRZ is an incipient rift zone akin to the RedSeaRift. In the GCRZ continental crust originally associated with...
East Anatolian Fault in southeastern Turkey) to the northern end of the RedSeaRift (just offshore of the southern tip of the Sinai Peninsula). The fault...
older hypothesis is that the Dead Sea lies in a true rift zone, an extension of the RedSeaRift, or even of the Great Rift Valley of eastern Africa. A more...
kilometers. North of the Afar Triple Junction, the rift follows two paths: west to the RedSeaRift and east to the Aden Ridge in the Gulf of Aden. Southward...
principal rift valley geologically. The most extensive rift valley is located along the crest of the mid-ocean ridge system and is the result of sea floor...
continuation of the RedSeaRift until break-up occurred in the middle Miocene, with most of the displacement on the newly developed RedSea spreading centre...
the Dead Sea Transform (DST), and a divergent boundary with the African Plate called the RedSeaRift which runs the length of the RedSea; North, convergent...
Alps, and the opening of the Sea of Japan. The break-up of Pangaea continues today in the RedSeaRift and East African Rift. The breakup of Pangaea was...
Zone. Along its northeast margin, the African Plate is bounded by the RedSeaRift where the Arabian Plate is moving away from the African Plate. The New...
tectonically unstable RedSeaRift located just 450 km away from the blast site. Another danger was increased coast erosion because sea currents could change...
propagate from two well known tectonic boundaries, the African–Arabian and RedSeaRift zones, respectively 350 and 520 km from the lighthouse's location. Documentation...
African Great Lakes. The basin begins in the highlands of the East African Rift system with input from the Chambeshi, the Uele and Ubangi rivers in the upper...
the South Pacific to the Gulf of California The Baikal Rift Zone in eastern Russia The RedSeaRift The Aden Ridge along the southern shore of the Arabian...
a tectonic triple junction where the Indian Ocean Ridge, RedSeaRift and East African Rift meet. This is the only place on the planet where such a triple...
casualties. The city of Jeddah is situated on the RedSea coast, beneath the northern escarpment of the RedSeaRift known as the Jabal al Hejaz, which reaches...
700 mi) length of the East African Rift will be submerged, forming a new ocean basin as large as today's RedSea, and separating the Somali Plate and...
Somali Plate. Specifically, it lies almost at the end of the southern RedSearift, where tectonic extension (via normal faults) proceeds in conjunction...
Hejazi dishes are known for their spice. The region is located along the RedSeaRift. It is also known for its darker, more volcanic sand. Depending on the...
western North America and the RedSeaRift. MacDonald, Gordon A.; Abbott, Agatin T.; Peterson, Frank L. (1983). Volcanoes in the sea : the geology of Hawaii...
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