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.
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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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External links
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