GEOROC Sample Information
Location
Latitude 8.62 | Longitude 39.52
EAST AFRICAN RIFT / ETHIOPIAN RIFT / MAIN ETHIOPIAN RIFT / BOSETI VOLCANIC COMPLEX
RIFT VOLCANICS
Reference
PICCIRILLO E. M.,BROTZU P.,MORBIDELLI L.,TRAVERSA G.,GANZERLI-VALENTINI M.T.,STELLA R.
QUATERNARY BASALTIC VOLCANISM IN THE NORTHERN PART OF THE MAIN ETHIOPIAN RIFT (FROM 8° TO 9° LAT. N)
ATTI CONVEGNI LINCEI ACCAD. NAZ. LINCEI 47 [1980] 293-315
Sample Name: 474
Sample Information
BASALT, ALKALINE / TRANSITIONAL
OUTCROP
Sample Age Information
QUATERNARY
Chemistry (and, if given, analytical ages)
Analyzed: WHOLE ROCK
| AL2O3 | 15.17 WT% |
| CAO | 11.08 WT% |
| FE2O3 | 3.57 WT% |
| FEO | 7.38 WT% |
| H2OP | 0.19 WT% |
| K2O | 0.71 WT% |
| MGO | 8.09 WT% |
| MNO | 0.17 WT% |
| NA2O | 2.8 WT% |
| P2O5 | 0.36 WT% |
| SIO2 | 48.11 WT% |
| TIO2 | 2.02 WT% |