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Geological evidence makes possible a reconstruction of events since Miocene times, with about 10 km of crustal separation and the pressure beneath the central rift of an upward intrusion from the mantle.
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BAKER, B., WOHLENBERG, J. Structure and Evolution of the Kenya Rift Valley. Nature 229, 538–542 (1971). https://doi.org/10.1038/229538a0
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