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Data from the Global Volcanism Program of the Smithsonian Institution
Details for: Alid
The elongated Alid volcano, which sits on the axis of the Danakil spreading center, is seen here from the W. Most of the flanks of the volcano in this view are composed of dipping rhyolitic lava flows; the light-colored area along the right skyline is rhyolitic pumice. The summit of the volcano is elongated in an E-W direction and contains a 1 x 1.5 km wide, 100-m-deep crater at the western end. Vast lava fields originating from fissure vents in the Alid graben extend to the NW and SE of the volcano. Vigorous fumarolic activity continues at Alid. Photo by Wendell Duffield, 1996 (U.S. Geological Survey).
Volcano Number:
221040
Volcano Name:
Alid
Country:
Eritrea
Volcano Type:
Stratovolcano
Elevation:
904m
Tectonic Setting:
Rift zone / Intermediate crust (15-25 km)
Pop. within 5km:
517
Pop. within 10km:
2447
Pop. within 30km:
25942
Pop. within 100km:
1216179
Latitude:
14.88
Longitude:
39.92
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Alid is an isolated, dissected volcano in the central Danakil depression. Elongated in an E-W direction perpendicular to the orientation of the Alid graben, it consists of a structural dome of uplifted sedimentary rocks rising 700 m above the graben floor, which was produced by intrusion of a silicic magma body. The dome is capped by steep-sided basaltic-to-rhyolitic lava flows. Late-stage eruptions during the late Pleistocene ejected rhyolitic pumice. A 2 x 3 km graben cuts the top of the dome, and the crater that produced the Plinian eruption occupies the western third of the summit depression. Vast lava fields of probable Holocene age originating from fissure vents bank up against the flanks to the NW and SE. Small cones and craters that were the source of the flows are localized along NNW-trending fissures. Fumarolic activity continues from broad areas on the northern summit and flank.
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