As well as the basalt that is erupted into the valley and injected into the rocks below to create new ocean floor, sedimentary rocks will also be deposited within the rift valley. At first the rift ...

Remarkably, it could one day lead to the formation of Earth's sixth ocean ... flooding the Afar region and the East African Rift Valley with water from the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden.

The formation of a sixth ocean could bring significant ... while the Gulf of Aden and the Red Sea could flood the East African Rift Valley, forming a new ocean. However, complete continental ...