New Scientist
UK · 4 hrs ago
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A new tectonic plate boundary could be forming in southern Africa
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Scientists have detected mantle gases in mineral springs in Zambia that suggest a possible new tectonic plate boundary is forming in southern Africa, indicating early-stage continental rifting.
A new tectonic plate boundary could be forming in southern Africa
Gases collected from boiling mineral springs in Zambia contain the chemical signature of having come directly from the Earth’s mantle, a sign of a rupture in the tectonic plates and the possible beginning of a new continental boundary
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