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Sodore

Melkassa

火山原 · Ethiopia · 1765m

The Melkassa volcanic field is an extensive 15 x 25 km wide group of Pleistocene and Holocene cones and lava flows within the Ethiopian Rift Valley. The darker lava flows are visible in this 10 November 2019 Sentinel-2 satellite image, NE of Gedemsa caldera (N is at the top; this image is approximately 23 km across).
The Melkassa volcanic field is an extensive 15 x 25 km wide group of Pleistocene and Holocene cones and lava flows within the Ethiopian Rift Valley. The darker lava flows are visible in this 10 November 2019 Sentinel-2 satellite image, NE of Gedemsa caldera (N is at the top; this image is approximately 23 km across). · 写真: Satellite image courtesy of Copernicus Sentinel Data, 2019.
タイプ
火山原
国
Ethiopia
地域
Eastern Africa Volcanic Regions / Main Ethiopian Rift Volcanic Province
標高
1765m
座標
8.430, 39.350
最終噴火
不明
テクトニクス環境
Intraplate / Continental crust (> 25 km)
火山地形
Cluster
主要岩石
Basalt / Picro-Basalt
地質学的概要

The Melkassa (or Sodore) volcanic field is an extensive 15 x 25 km group of about 30 Pleistocene and Holocene pyroclastic cones and lava flows that covers the floor of the E side of the Ethiopian Rift Valley, around the town of Melkassa, between the Boset volcanic complex and Gedamsa caldera.

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