GEOROC Sample Information

Location
Latitude 14.9061 | Longitude 39.8481
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: EC96-7

Sample Information

BASALT, PLAGIOCLASE / STRONGLY PORPHYRITIC TEXTURE
OUTCROP

Sample Age Information

PLEISTOCENE


Chemistry (and, if given, analytical ages)

Analyzed: WHOLE ROCK

AL2O316.1 WT%
CAO11.11 WT%
FE2O32.44 WT%
FEO8.79 WT%
FEOT10.99 WT%
K2O0.86 WT%
LOI-0.23 WT%
MGO5.89 WT%
MNO0.19 WT%
NA2O2.69 WT%
P2O50.34 WT%
SIO249.8 WT%
TIO21.77 WT%