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: 502
Sample Information
BASALT / STRONGLY PORPHYRITIC TEXTURE / MEGA-PLAGIOCLASE
OUTCROP
Sample Age Information
QUATERNARY
Chemistry (and, if given, analytical ages)
Analyzed: WHOLE ROCK
| AL2O3 | 15.69 WT% |
| CAO | 9.5 WT% |
| FE2O3 | 4.64 WT% |
| FEO | 7.5 WT% |
| H2OP | 0.37 WT% |
| K2O | 0.95 WT% |
| MGO | 6.1 WT% |
| MNO | 0.18 WT% |
| NA2O | 3.31 WT% |
| P2O5 | 0.36 WT% |
| SIO2 | 48.48 WT% |
| TIO2 | 2.54 WT% |
| CE | 37.2 PPM |
| EU | 1.94 PPM |
| LA | 32 PPM |
| LU | 0.26 PPM |
| TB | 0.8 PPM |
| BA | 334 PPM |
| CO | 44 PPM |
| CR | 33 PPM |
| CS | 0.2 PPM |
| HF | 4.2 PPM |
| NI | 35 PPM |
| RB | 21.4 PPM |
| SC | 29 PPM |
| SR | 502 PPM |
| TA | 1.65 PPM |
| TH | 2.9 PPM |
| U | 0.79 PPM |
| ZR | 229 PPM |