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: 476
Sample Information
BASALT / STRONGLY PORPHYRITIC TEXTURE / MEGA-PLAGIOCLASE
OUTCROP
Sample Age Information
QUATERNARY
Chemistry (and, if given, analytical ages)
Analyzed: WHOLE ROCK
| AL2O3 | 19.83 WT% |
| CAO | 11.62 WT% |
| FE2O3 | 3 WT% |
| FEO | 6.55 WT% |
| H2OP | 0.24 WT% |
| K2O | 0.5 WT% |
| MGO | 5.12 WT% |
| MNO | 0.14 WT% |
| NA2O | 2.97 WT% |
| P2O5 | 0.32 WT% |
| SIO2 | 47.24 WT% |
| TIO2 | 2.12 WT% |