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If that part of Africa splits from the rest of the continent, it will just be like Madagascar, which has been drifting away from Africa since we started noticed
by finid 10y ago
If that part of Africa splits from the rest of the continent, it will just be like Madagascar, which has been drifting away from Africa since we started noticed.
- bcraven 10y agoMadagascar and Mozambique may be on different plates but they're actually separated by the Davie Ridge, a transform zone. You can see it nicely imaged in the seismic in this report: http://www.iongeo.com/content/documents/Resource%20Center/Articles/GXPRO_East_Africa_120904.pdf http://www.iongeo.com/content/documents/Resource%20Center/Ar... Then again, this zone does end up in the East African Triple Junction so you are technically correct.