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Please include sources, I cannot find anything elsewhere on the web, and this is for a theses/ coursework thing

thankyou

2006-10-17 09:49:17 · 2 answers · asked by prof. Jack 3 in Science & Mathematics Earth Sciences & Geology

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I found this in a quick search. Sorry I don't have more time to put in it right now, but if you want to e-mail me, I will happily help you with the research. When do you need the info?

Using Antarctica as a signpost, Chu and Gordon discerned the motion between the Nubian and Somalian plates. Instead of pulling straight apart, the two plates rotate like scissors blades around a pivot point east of South Africa, the two report in the March 4 Nature. In the region of the East African rift, far north of the pivot point, the two plates are separating by 6 millimeters a year. Just south of the pivot point, the two plates are crushing together at a rate of only 2 mm per year, so slowly that they don't often produce large earthquakes.

2006-10-17 10:01:36 · answer #1 · answered by lollipop 6 · 0 0

I know how difficult research can be when you choose a topic that is not popular for study.

Have you used Google's Scholar Search Engine?

It is really great for finding things for academic research. My field is Applied Linguistics and I use it all the time. Go to Google home page, select "more" and then select "scholar"

I did one search for "rate of separation of the African Rift Valley" and found many articles (1,900) that seems like may help you. Try variations on the search using the scholar site and you will probably find what you are looking for. I put just a few links below, but you will do better looking for yourself.

Good luck! If you are doing graduate work, welcome to the life of research. It is so much better now with all this technology.

2006-10-23 20:51:32 · answer #2 · answered by Expat 6 · 0 0

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