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Sudan · Campo vulcanico

Kutum Volcanic Field

Tipo
Campo vulcanico
Altitudine
1779 m
Ultima eruzione
Sconosciuto
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 vulcanico
Paese
Sudan
Regione
Africa settentrionale / Southeast Sahara Volcanic Province
Altitudine
1779 m
Coordinate
14.570, 25.850
Ultima eruzione
Sconosciuto
Contesto tettonico
Intraplacca / Crosta continentale (> 25 km)
Forma vulcanica
Gruppo vulcanico
Roccia principale
Basalto / Picrobasalto
Sintesi geologica

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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