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Saudi Arabia · Volcanic field

Harrat Kishb

Kishb, Harrat

Type
Volcanic field
Elevation
1475m
Last eruption
Unknown
The NW part of the 5,900 km2 Harrat Kishb volcanic field is seen in this Space Shuttle image. The field is located E of a N-S-trending line of volcanic fields in central Saudi Arabia. The medium-brown-colored Jabal Aslaj scoria cone visible near the top of the dark lava flows near the center of the image was the source of the flows seen here. A second area of young flows seen at the lower right surrounds the circular Al Wahbah maar. These lava flows are stratigraphically younger than a 6,500-4,000-year-old pluvial period.
The NW part of the 5,900 km2 Harrat Kishb volcanic field is seen in this Space Shuttle image. The field is located E of a N-S-trending line of volcanic fields in central Saudi Arabia. The medium-brown-colored Jabal Aslaj scoria cone visible near the top of the dark lava flows near the center of the image was the source of the flows seen here. A second area of young flows seen at the lower right surrounds the circular Al Wahbah maar. These lava flows are stratigraphically younger than a 6,500-4,000-year-old pluvial period. · Photo: NASA Space Shuttle image STS102-708-13, 2001 (http://eol.jsc.nasa.gov/).
Type
Volcanic field
Country
Saudi Arabia
Region
Arabia & Central Asia / Western Arabia Volcanic Province
Elevation
1475m
Coordinates
22.800, 41.380
Last eruption
Unknown
Tectonic setting
Intraplate / Continental crust (> 25 km)
Landform
Cluster
Major rock type
Trachybasalt / Tephrite basanite

Geological summary

The 5,900 km3 Harrat Kishb volcanic field, located E of a N-S-trending line of volcanic fields in central Saudi Arabia, is comprised of basaltic scoria cones, tuff rings and maars, and phonolitic lava domes and flows.

Excerpt from the Global Volcanism Program, Smithsonian Institution · Read the full summary on GVP →

From Wikipedia

Ḥarrat Kishb is a lava field 5,892 km2 in area, located in western Saudi Arabia. It is near the Al Wahbah Crater.

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Eruption history

Glossary

Detailed timeline

No eruption records available.

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