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Development of Continental Margins |
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•The East African Rift illustrates continental rifting before the oceanization stage. The great lakes fill depression in the continental crust above region of continental extension. Normal faults and volcanoes characterize the East African landscape. |
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• The Red Sea, between Africa and the Arabic peninsula, illustrates the third stage of continental rifting with rifting-apart of the continent and the formation of new basaltic oceanic crust. |
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