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Sudán · Campo volcánico

Kutum Volcanic Field

Tipo
Campo volcánico
Altitud
1779 m
Última erupción
Desconocido
The scattered cones of the Kutum basaltic volcanic field (lower left) in the northern Dafur area of western Sudan are located SW of the larger Meidob volcanic field (top). As with other Saharan volcanic fields, Kutum (also known as the Tagabo Hills) contains very well-preserved cones, lava flows, and craters, although their ages are not well constrained.
The scattered cones of the Kutum basaltic volcanic field (lower left) in the northern Dafur area of western Sudan are located SW of the larger Meidob volcanic field (top). As with other Saharan volcanic fields, Kutum (also known as the Tagabo Hills) contains very well-preserved cones, lava flows, and craters, although their ages are not well constrained. · Foto: NASA Landsat image, 1999 (courtesy of Hawaii Synergy Project, Univ. of Hawaii Institute of Geophysics & Planetology).
Tipo
Campo volcánico
País
Sudán
Región
África del Norte / Southeast Sahara Volcanic Province
Altitud
1779 m
Coordenadas
14.570, 25.850
Última erupción
Desconocido
Contexto tectónico
Intraplaca / Corteza continental (> 25 km)
Forma volcánica
Grupo volcánico
Roca principal
Basalto / Picrobasalto
Resumen geológico

The basaltic Kutum volcanic field, in the northern Darfur area of western Sudan, is located SW of the larger Meidob volcanic field. As with other Saharan volcanic fields, Kutum (also known as the Tagabo Hills or Berti Hills) contains very well-preserved cones, lava flows, and explosion craters. They were considered to be of late-Pleistocene or even Holocene age (Almond, 1974). Franz et al. (1997), however, assigned only Tertiary age ranges for rocks from Tagabo Hills.

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