Final desiccation of the afar rift, ethiopia |
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| Authors: | Bonatti E Emiliani C Ostlund G Rydell H |
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| Abstract: | Stable and radioactive isotope studies of ancient corals and mollusks from a fossil atoll in the Afar Rift indicate that final separation of the Afar Depression from the Red Sea occurred not earlier than 32,000 years ago. Desiccation followed within a few thousand years. The events recorded in the Afar Rift illustrate the processes occurring in the incipient stages leading to the formation of an oceanic body by rifting of a continental block. |
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