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Ol Kokwe

Tipo
Vulcano a scudo
Altitudine
1130 m
Ultima eruzione
Sconosciuto
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
Vulcano a scudo
Paese
Kenya
Regione
Africa orientale / Kenyan Rift Volcanic Province
Altitudine
1130 m
Coordinate
0.620, 36.075
Ultima eruzione
Sconosciuto
Contesto tettonico
Zona di rift / Crosta continentale (> 25 km)
Forma vulcanica
A scudo
Roccia principale
Basalto / Picrobasalto

Sintesi geologica

Originale in inglese

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.

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