Recommendation: "Birth of an ocean"
This was in last month's Scientific American: "Birth of an Ocean: the evolution of Ethiopia's Afar Depression." Great photos.
Labels: africa, oceans, plate tectonics, rift valleys, salt
Saturday, November 29, 2008
Earth science observations, news, photos, teaching, & commentary by Callan Bentley
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