Aus kochenden Mineralquellen in Sambia gesammelte Gase tragen die chemische Signatur, dass sie direkt aus dem Erdmantel stammen, ein Zeichen für einen Bruch in den tektonischen Platten und den möglichen Beginn einer neuen Kontinentalgrenze
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2526136-a-new-tectonic-plate-boundary-could-be-forming-in-southern-africa/
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Journal reference: *Frontiers in Earth Science* [DOI: 10.3389/feart.2026.1799564](http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/feart.2026.1799564)
It’s interesting that they only briefly mentioned the gravity anomalies in passing. Do they just not know what to make of it or is there some other reason why they don’t address the theory that this was the location of a significant meteor impact?
A new continental boundary? At this time of year, at this time of day, in this part of the country, localized entirely within the springs of Zambia? Wasn’t the last one what, 10 million years ago?
Ah yes, I was already waiting for a „Madagascar 2, bigger and hotter“
this is a well known fact: [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/East_African_Rift](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/East_African_Rift)
Earth demands we remain nomadic.
I never really considered how modern plate activity would be verified, I’ve only heard of types of zircons that form after the fact. So how long have they been using this helium isotope theory? Are there other sources of helium-3?
Well, the next 200 million years will certainly be interesting.