Alkaline Rocks and Carbonatites of the World

Setup during HiTech AlkCarb: an online database of alkaline rock and carbonatite occurrences

Ela

stripes

Occurrence number: 
054-00-014
Country: 
Ethiopia
Location: 
Longitude: 41.18, Latitude: 12.53
Carbonatite: 
No

Ela comprises flows, domes, ignimbrites and tuffs of rhyolitic, and probably peralkaline, composition.

References: 

BARBERI, F., CHEDEVILLE, E., FAURE, H., GIGLIA, G., MARINELLI, G., SANTACROCE, R., TAZIEFF, H. and VARET, J. 1973b. Geology of Northern Afar (Ethiopia) (with a geological map, scale 1:500,000). Revue de Geographie Physique et de Geologie Dynamique, Paris, 15: 443-89.

Map: 
Fig. 3_72 The distribution of Ethiopia occurrences 10-23 (after Barberi et al., 1973b).
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