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Kenia · Volcán en escudo

Ol Kokwe

Tipo
Volcán en escudo
Altitud
1130 m
Última erupción
Desconocido
Ol Kokwe Island in Lake Baringo is seen in an aerial view looking W towards the Saimo escarpment of the rift margin. The elongated Island consists of young basaltic scoria cones that cap a trachytic shield volcano. N-S-trending faults cut the island, forming the double-tipped peninsula in the foreground and the narrow peninsula at the left center. The smaller island beyond Ol Kokwe is Parmalok, a tuff cone that fed a small lava flow.
Ol Kokwe Island in Lake Baringo is seen in an aerial view looking W towards the Saimo escarpment of the rift margin. The elongated Island consists of young basaltic scoria cones that cap a trachytic shield volcano. N-S-trending faults cut the island, forming the double-tipped peninsula in the foreground and the narrow peninsula at the left center. The smaller island beyond Ol Kokwe is Parmalok, a tuff cone that fed a small lava flow. · Foto: Photo by Martin Smith, 1993 (copyright British Geological Survey, NERC).
Tipo
Volcán en escudo
País
Kenia
Región
África Oriental / Kenyan Rift Volcanic Province
Altitud
1130 m
Coordenadas
0.620, 36.075
Última erupción
Desconocido
Contexto tectónico
Zona de rift / Corteza continental (> 25 km)
Forma volcánica
Escudo
Roca principal
Basalto / Picrobasalto

Resumen geológico

Original en inglés

The elongated Ol Kokwe Island in the center of Lake Baringo SW of Korosi volcano consists of young basaltic scoria cones that cap a trachytic shield volcano.

Extracto del Global Volcanism Program, Smithsonian Institution · Leer el resumen completo en el GVP →

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