GEOROC Sample Information

Location
Latitude 14.9033 | Longitude 39.9386
EAST AFRICAN RIFT / ETHIOPIAN RIFT / AFAR DEPRESSION / ALID
E 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: EC96-10A

Sample Information

RHYOLITE / SPARSELY PORPHYRITIC TEXTURE / PUMICE
OUTCROP

Sample Age Information

PLEISTOCENE


Chemistry (and, if given, analytical ages)

Analyzed: WHOLE ROCK

AL2O312.97 WT%
CAO2.66 WT%
FE2O30.63 WT%
FEO2.27 WT%
FEOT2.84 WT%
K2O4.69 WT%
LOI4.65 WT%
MGO0.2 WT%
MNO0.11 WT%
NA2O4.75 WT%
P2O50.05 WT%
SIO271.45 WT%
TIO20.21 WT%

Analyzed: MINERAL / COMPONENT (INCL. GROUNDMASS) (AL)KALIFELDSPAR

AGE34.5 ± 6.2 MA
AR36_AR390.000803
AR37_AR390.2325
AR40_AR390.2603
AR401.26E-15 MOL/G

Analyzed: MINERAL / COMPONENT (INCL. GROUNDMASS) (AL)KALIFELDSPAR

AGE32.4 ± 6.8 MA
AR36_AR390.001899
AR37_AR390.2328
AR40_AR390.5812
AR401.11E-15 MOL/G