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

ALKALI BASALT / TRANSITIONAL
OUTCROP

Sample Age Information

QUATERNARY


Chemistry (and, if given, analytical ages)

Analyzed: WHOLE ROCK

AL2O315.17 WT%
CAO11.08 WT%
FE2O33.57 WT%
FEO7.38 WT%
H2OP0.19 WT%
K2O0.71 WT%
MGO8.09 WT%
MNO0.17 WT%
NA2O2.8 WT%
P2O50.36 WT%
SIO248.11 WT%
TIO22.02 WT%