GEOROC Sample Information

Location
Latitude 10 | Longitude 40.7
EAST AFRICAN RIFT / ETHIOPIAN RIFT / AFAR DEPRESSION
LOWER BRIDGE 270
RIFT VOLCANICS

Reference

HART W. K.,WALTER R. C.

GEOCHEMICAL INVESTIGATION OF VOLCANISM IN THE WEST-CENTRAL AFAR, ETHIOPIA

YEAR BOOK CARNEGIE INST. WASHINGTON 82 [1983] 491-497

Sample Name: 76-178

Sample Information

THOLEIITIC BASALT / ORIGINALLY REPORTED AS THOLEIITE
OUTCROP

Sample Age Information

3,700,000 years
PLIOCENE

Chemistry (and, if given, analytical ages)

Analyzed: WHOLE ROCK