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Mat Ala

Tipe
Gunung api perisai
Ketinggian
493 m
Letusan terakhir
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The elongated N-S-trending volcanic chain below and to the right of turquoise-colored Lake Afrera includes the Tat Ali complex at the N and the Mat Ala at the S. Mat Ala contains a small 2.5 x 3.5 km wide caldera visible as a small light-colored dot near the southern end of the chain in this NASA Space Shuttle image. To the SW of Lake Afrera is Afderà volcano and Alayta volcano with its extensive dark-colored lava flows is farther to the west.
The elongated N-S-trending volcanic chain below and to the right of turquoise-colored Lake Afrera includes the Tat Ali complex at the N and the Mat Ala at the S. Mat Ala contains a small 2.5 x 3.5 km wide caldera visible as a small light-colored dot near the southern end of the chain in this NASA Space Shuttle image. To the SW of Lake Afrera is Afderà volcano and Alayta volcano with its extensive dark-colored lava flows is farther to the west. · Foto: NASA Space Shuttle image S-19-35, 1984 (http://eol.jsc.nasa.gov/).
Tipe
Gunung api perisai
Negara
Etiopia
Wilayah
Afrika Timur / Afar Rift Volcanic Province
Ketinggian
493 m
Koordinat
13.106, 41.161
Letusan terakhir
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Kondisi tektonik
Zona rift / Kerak menengah (15-25 km)
Bentuk lahan
Perisai
Batuan utama
Basal / Pikrobasal

Ringkasan geologi

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Mat Ala is a low shield volcano in the southern Tat Ali Range, east of Afderà volcano.

Kutipan dari Global Volcanism Program, Smithsonian Institution · Baca ringkasan lengkap di GVP →

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