GEOROC Sample Information
Location
Latitude 14.9075 | Longitude 39.8764
EAST AFRICAN RIFT / ETHIOPIAN RIFT / AFAR DEPRESSION / ALID
N 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: ED96-12
Sample Information
RHYOLITE / SPARSELY PORPHYRIC TEXTURE / PERLITIC
OUTCROP
Sample Age Information
PLEISTOCENE
Chemistry (and, if given, analytical ages)
Analyzed: WHOLE ROCK
| AL2O3 | 13.69 WT% |
| CAO | 1.38 WT% |
| FE2O3 | 0.74 WT% |
| FEO | 2.66 WT% |
| FEOT | 3.33 WT% |
| K2O | 4.62 WT% |
| LOI | 2.45 WT% |
| MGO | 0.19 WT% |
| MNO | 0.12 WT% |
| NA2O | 4.78 WT% |
| P2O5 | 0.05 WT% |
| SIO2 | 71.52 WT% |
| TIO2 | 0.25 WT% |