GEOROC Sample Information

Location
Latitude 14.8567 | Longitude 39.8747
EAST AFRICAN RIFT / ETHIOPIAN RIFT / AFAR DEPRESSION / ALID
TEPHRA SECTION WEST 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: EC96-44B

Sample Information

SCHIST / BASEMENT, LITHIC IN PYROCLASTIC FLOW
OUTCROP

Sample Age Information

PLEISTOCENE


Chemistry (and, if given, analytical ages)

Analyzed: WHOLE ROCK

PB206_PB20418.351
PB207_PB20415.55
PB208_PB20437.991
SR87_SR860.71167
AL2O315.59 WT%
CAO2.1 WT%
FE2O31.33 WT%
FEO4.78 WT%
FEOT5.97 WT%
K2O2.4 WT%
LOI1.57 WT%
MGO4.79 WT%
MNO0.07 WT%
NA2O4.08 WT%
P2O50.21 WT%
SIO263.96 WT%
TIO20.7 WT%
CE34.45 PPM
DY3.56 PPM
ER1.81 PPM
EU0.97 PPM
GD4.19 PPM
LA14.41 PPM
LU0.24 PPM
ND19.06 PPM
SM4.4 PPM
YB1.61 PPM
BA431 PPM
CO19 PPM
CS3.362 PPM
HF0.58 PPM
LI48 PPM
NB4 PPM
NI42 PPM
PB9.07 PPM
RB67 PPM
SC17 PPM
SR191 PPM
TA0.39 PPM
TH3.11 PPM
U0.81 PPM
V158 PPM
Y19 PPM
ZR21 PPM