Re: Geologists witness 'ocean birth'


"Dave Gerecke" <dave.gerecke@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:171220052143568378%dave.gerecke@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> In article <VA.00000b3c.34af0ecf@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
> Aidan Karley <doIlookDAFTenoughTOpost@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
>
>> In article <111220050024062249%dave.gerecke@xxxxxxxxxxxx>, Dave Gerecke
>> wrote:
>> > How long before we see ocean water down Kenya way?
>> >
>> pROBABLY A FEW MILLIONS OF YEARS. (Bloody CapsLock key!) Were you
>> thinking of holding your breath?
>
> I was thinking that once it - the rift - got so far then you would have
> a wall of water heading down range.
> The photos I have seen show the rift valley as being below sea level.
> Sort of like the Black Sea when it opened.
> dave

In fact, there is a place in Ethiopia where the red sea is seeping into the
rift (I don't remember the name or location, but I remember it being
mentioned on a program about the rift valley a while back.

George


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