GEOROC Sample Information

Location
Latitude 14.8917 | Longitude 39.9006
EAST AFRICAN RIFT / ETHIOPIAN RIFT / AFAR DEPRESSION / ALID
NORTHERN FLANK OF ALID, DANAKIL DEPRESSION
RIFT VOLCANICS

Reference

LANPHERE M. A.,DUFFIELD W. A.,CLYNNE M. A.,LOWENSTERN J. B.,BULLEN T. D.,FOURNIER R. O.,JANIK C. J.,SMITH J. G.,TESFAI T.,WOLDEGIORGIS L,KAHSAI G.,WELDEMARIAM K.

GEOTHERMAL POTENTIAL OF THE ALID VOLCANIC CENTER, DANAKIL DEPRESSION, ERITREA

U. S. GEOL. SURV. OPEN FILE REPT. 97-291 [1997] 1-62

Sample Name: ED96-1

Sample Information

BASALT / APHYRIC DYKTITAXITIC TEXTURE
OUTCROP

Sample Age Information

PLEISTOCENE


Chemistry (and, if given, analytical ages)

Analyzed: WHOLE ROCK

PB206_PB20419.608
PB207_PB20415.659
PB208_PB20439.412
SR87_SR860.70323
AL2O316.39 WT%
CAO10.58 WT%
FE2O32.1 WT%
FEO7.56 WT%
FEOT9.45 WT%
K2O0.97 WT%
LOI-0.24 WT%
MGO6.67 WT%
MNO0.18 WT%
NA2O2.9 WT%
P2O50.29 WT%
SIO251.1 WT%
TIO21.26 WT%
CE40.8 PPM
DY3.23 PPM
ER1.9 PPM
EU1.21 PPM
GD3.54 PPM
LA20.6 PPM
LU0.31 PPM
ND18.34 PPM
SM3.64 PPM
YB1.85 PPM
BA356 PPM
CO44 PPM
CS0.175 PPM
HF1.95 PPM
LI5 PPM
NB31 PPM
NI50 PPM
PB2 PPM
RB20 PPM
SC35 PPM
SR455 PPM
TA1.96 PPM
TH2.4 PPM
U0.71 PPM
V349 PPM
Y19 PPM
ZR82 PPM