Ethiopia · Fissure vent
Hertali
- Type
- Fissure vent
- Elevation
- 900m
- Last eruption
- Unknown
- Type
- Fissure vent
- Country
- Ethiopia
- Region
- Eastern Africa / Main Ethiopian Rift Volcanic Province
- Elevation
- 900m
- Coordinates
- 9.780, 40.330
- Last eruption
- Unknown
- Tectonic setting
- Rift zone / Intermediate crust (15-25 km)
- Landform
- Cluster
- Major rock type
- Basalt / Picro-basalt
Geological summary
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.
From Wikipedia
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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Eruption history
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No eruption records available.
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