stripes
Occurrence number:
054-00-033
Country:
Ethiopia
Region:
Main Ethiopian Rift
Location:
Longitude: 41.27, Latitude: 11.07
Carbonatite:
No
This is a complex rhyolitic volcano overlying older basaltic flows. The rhyolites form a thick sequence of short flows towards the centre. No petrographical or chemical data have been traced but there may be alkaline rocks in the sequence.
References:
VARET, J. 1978. Geology of Central and Southern Afar (Ethiopia and Djibouti Republic). Editions du Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Paris. (Explanation accompanying Geological map of central and southern Afar. 1:500,000).
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