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 Rifting and Rift Valleys Summary
714 words, approx. 2 pages Rifting is the process in which continental crust is extended and thinned, forming extensional sedimentary basins and/or mafic dyke-swarms. Rifts commence as intracratonic, down-thrown blocks dominated by normal or oblique-extensional (transtensional)... summary from source:
 Rift Valley
360 words, approx. 1 pagesany elongated trough formed by the subsidence of a segment of the Earth's crust between dip-slip, or normal, faults. Such a fault is a fracture in the terrestrial surface in which the rock material on the upper side of the fault plane has been... summary from source:
Rift Valley
113 words, approx. 1 pagesElongated trough formed by the subsidence of a segment of the Earth's crust between dip-slip, or normal, faults. Rift valleys are usually narrow and long and have a relatively flat floor. The sides drop away steeply in steps and terraces. Rift valleys... summary from source:
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A rift system in geology is any collection of stepping, intersecting, or parallel rift basins rift(Withjack et al., 2002). The East African Rift System (EARS) located between the Middle East and Africa , is the most famous of the world's active rift... 
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 Emerging Infectious Diseases Rift Valley fever in Chad.(Dispatches)
05/01/2004: 2,007 words, approx. 7 pages To evaluate the importance of human exposure to Rift Valley fever virus in Chad, investigations were carried out to determine specific antibody prevalence in domestic ruminants during the 2002 rainy season. Results highlighted recent, substantial, active transmission of this virus. ********** ... summary from source:
Journal of Physical Oceanography Flow and mixing in the rift valley of the mid-Atlantic ridge
06/01/2002: 4,084 words, approx. 14 pages ABSTRACT High levels of diapycnal mixing and geothermal heating near midocean ridges contribute to the buoyancy fluxes that are required to close the global circulation. In topographically confined areas, such as the deep median valleys of slow-spreading ridges, these fluxes strongly influence the... summary from source:
 AP News About 75 people die of Rift Valley fever
1/8/2007: 331 words, approx. 1 pagesAbout 75 people have died in Kenya of Rift Valley fever during the past three weeks and another 183 are infected with it, according to a senior health official.The death toll from the hemorrhagic fever _ a virus which spreads from animals to humans by... summary from source:
AP Features Political fighting engulfs Kenya's main Rift Valley town
1/26/2008: 1,158 words, approx. 4 pagesFierce street battles erupted in a western Kenyan city Friday, leaving bodies lying on the ground with machete slashes and pierced with arrows, witnesses said.At least 12 people were killed and hundreds of homes were burned down in the latest explosion of fury over a...
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