GEOROC Sample Information

Location
Latitude 8.44 | Longitude 39.4
EAST AFRICAN RIFT / ETHIOPIAN RIFT / MAIN ETHIOPIAN RIFT / BOSETI VOLCANIC COMPLEX
RIFT VOLCANICS

Reference

HANAN B. B.,FURMAN T.,YIRGU G.,AYALEW D.,BRYCE J. G.,ROONEY T. O.

HEADS AND TAILS: 30 MILLION YEARS OF THE AFAR PLUME

SPEC. PUBL. GEOL. SOC. LONDON 259 [2006] 95-119

Sample Name: N-02

Sample Information

BASALT
OUTCROP

Sample Age Information

QUATERNARY


Chemistry (and, if given, analytical ages)

Analyzed: WHOLE ROCK

AL2O315.5 WT%
CAO10.31 WT%
FE2O3T11.98 WT%
K2O1.04 WT%
MGO7.6 WT%
MNO0.18 WT%
NA2O3.02 WT%
P2O50.58 WT%
SIO247.14 WT%
TIO22.2 WT%
CE53.8 PPM
DY4.85 PPM
ER2.48 PPM
EU2.11 PPM
GD6.31 PPM
HO0.97 PPM
LA25.5 PPM
LU0.33 PPM
ND28.9 PPM
PR6.9 PPM
SM5.89 PPM
TB0.96 PPM
YB2.2 PPM
BA437 PPM
CO46.7 PPM
CR240 PPM
CS0.11 PPM
HF3.9 PPM
NB30.5 PPM
NI97 PPM
PB2.7 PPM
RB13.1 PPM
SC29.4 PPM
SR501 PPM
TA1.8 PPM
TH1.94 PPM
U0.4 PPM
V260 PPM
Y26.6 PPM
ZR176 PPM