stripes
Occurrence number:
054-00-018
Country:
Ethiopia
Location:
Longitude: 40.67, Latitude: 12.37
Carbonatite:
No
This is a rhyolitic volcanic centre which is of peralkaline composition. There are spatter cones and associated basaltic flows. Analyses of two pantelleritic obsidians are given by Barberi et al. (1975a).
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.BARBERI, F., SANTACROCE, R. and VARET, J. 1975a. Silicic peralkaline volcanic rocks of the Afar Depression (Ethiopia). Bulletin Volcanologique, 38: 755-90.
Map:
Fig. 3_72 The distribution of Ethiopia occurrences 10-23 (after Barberi et al., 1973b).
Location: