When continents try, and fail, to break apart

PHYSorg
Feb 4, 2026, 5:03 pm206 pts
Great things can come from failure when it comes to geology. The Midcontinent rift formed about 1.1 billion years ago and runs smack in the middle of the United States at the Great Lakes. The rift failed to completely rupture, and had it succeeded it would have torn North America apart. Under immense pressure…

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