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Ayelu

Stratovulcano · Ethiopia · 2145 m

Ayelu is the westernmost and older of two volcanoes at the southern end of the Danakil depression. The vegetated volcano is cut by prominent regional faults. Hot springs occur on its W flank. Extensive young basaltic lava flows cover the flanks of Adwa volcano and overlap a sedimentary plain to the SE.
Ayelu is the westernmost and older of two volcanoes at the southern end of the Danakil depression. The vegetated volcano is cut by prominent regional faults. Hot springs occur on its W flank. Extensive young basaltic lava flows cover the flanks of Adwa volcano and overlap a sedimentary plain to the SE. · Foto: Photo by Giday Wolde-Gabriel (Los Alamos National Laboratory). · Wikimedia Commons
Tipo
Stratovulcano
Paese
Ethiopia
Regione
Africa orientale / Main Ethiopian Rift Volcanic Province
Altitudine
2145 m
Coordinate
10.082, 40.702
Ultima eruzione
Sconosciuto
Contesto tettonico
Rift zone / Intermediate crust (15-25 km)
Forma vulcanica
Composite
Roccia principale
Rhyolite
Sintesi geologica

Ayelu is a vegetated rhyolitic stratovolcano, located south of the Asbahri plain in the southern Afar region. On its eastern side, 2145-m-high Ayelu is cut by regional faults and is overlain by ignimbrites erupted from Adwa volcano immediately to the east. It was constructed by a series of thick rhyolitic lava flows, creating a higher and steeper-sided volcano than Adwa. Hot springs are located on the western flank.

Storia delle eruzioni

Riepilogo (VEI nel tempo)
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1928~1928 · 1 eruzioni · VEI max. 219281928192919291929

Cronologia dettagliata

  1. 1928VEI 2Stima geologica
    1928-07-02 – In corso

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