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Sodore

Melkassa

화산대지 · 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). · 사진: Satellite image courtesy of Copernicus Sentinel Data, 2019.
화산 유형
화산대지
국가
Ethiopia
지역
Eastern Africa Volcanic Regions / Main Ethiopian Rift Volcanic Province
해발
1765m
좌표
8.430, 39.350
마지막 분화
미확인
판구조 환경
Intraplate / Continental crust (> 25 km)
화산 지형
Cluster
주요 암석
Basalt / Picro-Basalt
지질학적 요약

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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