Hertali

Frattura eruttiva · Ethiopia · 900 m

The dark-colored area cutting across the center of this NASA Landsat image (with north to the top) is a series of basaltic lava flows erupted from fissure vents at Hertali. These flows lie at the S end of the Awash Plain, about 50 km NNE of Dofen volcano. The youthful morphology of the flows suggests a late Pleistocene to Holocene age. Numerous NNE-SSW-trending fissures of the Ethiopian Rift are visible. · Foto: NASA Landsat 7 image (worldwind.arc.nasa.gov) · Wikimedia Commons

Tipo: Frattura eruttiva
Paese: Ethiopia
Regione: Eastern Africa Volcanic Regions / Main Ethiopian Rift Volcanic Province
Altitudine: 900 m
Coordinate: 9.780, 40.330
Ultima eruzione: Sconosciuto
Contesto tettonico: Rift zone / Intermediate crust (15-25 km)
Forma vulcanica: Cluster
Roccia principale: Basalt / Picro-Basalt

Sintesi geologica

Hertali is a basaltic fissure vent that fed lava flows at the S end of the Awash plain, about 50 km NNE of Dofen volcano. It was considered by Mohr and Wood (1976) to have been active during the late Pleistocene to Holocene on the basis of its youthful-looking morphology.

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Riassunto in inglese

Hertali is a fissure vent in Ethiopia, part of the East African Rift system. The fissure vent is believed to have been active from the late Pleistocene into the Holocene.

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