Why the Victoria Plate in Africa rotates: Weaker and stronger lithospheric regions cause the rotation of the Victoria microplate - Science Daily 09-Jun-2020

Why the Victoria Plate in Africa rotates: Weaker and stronger lithospheric regions cause the rotation of the Victoria microplate - Science Daily

The East African Rift System is a newly forming plate tectonic boundary at which the African continent is being separated into several plates. According to GPS data, one of those, the Victoria microplate, is moving in a counterclockwise rotation relative to A…

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