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Details for: Mega Basalt Field

The Mega Basalt field (called the Dukana volcanic field in Kenya) contains cones that are visible in the center of this NASA Landsat image (N towards the top). The field is along the Ethiopia-Kenya border and lies diagonally across the image from the upper left to lower right. The volcanic field includes the 1.8-km-wide Gof Dukana basaltic maar, and about 50 cones with associated lava flows. NASA Landsat7 image (worldwind.arc.nasa.gov)

Volcano Number:	221330
Volcano Name:	Mega Basalt Field
Country:	Ethiopia-Kenya
Volcano Type:	Pyroclastic cone(s)
Elevation:	1111m
Tectonic Setting:	Rift zone / Intermediate crust (15-25 km)
Pop. within 5km:	2815
Pop. within 10km:	2815
Pop. within 30km:	7605
Pop. within 100km:	119999
Latitude:	4.063
Longitude:	37.488

Eruption Data from the Global Volcanism Program of the Smithsonian Institution

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Emissions Data from the Global Volcanism Program of the Smithsonian Institution

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Data from the Earthchem Library

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Data from the Earthchem Portal

Sample ID	LINK	Method	Material	Rock Class	Rock Name	SiO₂ WT%	TiO₂ WT%	Al₂O₃ WT%	Fe₂O₃ Total WT%	MnO WT%	MgO WT%	CaO WT%	Na₂O WT%	K₂O WT%	P₂O₅ WT%	Total WT%	Ba PPM	Be PPM	Co PPM	Cr PPM	Cs PPM	Dy PPM	Nb PPM	Ni PPM	Pb PPM	Rb PPM	Sc PPM	Sr PPM	U PPM	V PPM	Y PPM	Zr PPM	⁸⁷Sr / ⁸⁶Sr RATIO	¹⁴³Nd / ¹⁴⁴Nd RATIO	²⁰⁶Pb / ²⁰⁴Pb RATIO	²⁰⁷Pb / ²⁰⁴Pb RATIO	²⁰⁸Pb / ²⁰⁴Pb RATIO
TH-995	DETAILS	ICPMS	Rock	Igneous Mafic Volcanic	Basalt												394	1.1	45	48	0.097	6.21	22.9	46	2.83	10.2	34.7	424	0.39	382	34	202
TH-995	DETAILS	TIMS	Rock	Igneous Mafic Volcanic	Basalt																												0.704012	0.512835	18.1206	15.5285	38.228
TH-995	DETAILS	XRF	Rock	Igneous Mafic Volcanic	Basalt	49.71	3.18	14.12	13.76	0.19	5.06	9.37	3.07	0.73	0.4	99.59	372		46	48			21	28		10		387		367	31	184
DM-936	DETAILS	ICPMS	Rock	Igneous Mafic Volcanic	Basalt												548	1.2	43	39	0.218	7.14	26.6	31	3.12	17.6	30.3	373	0.67	369	37.4	230
DM-936	DETAILS	TIMS	Rock	Igneous Mafic Volcanic	Basalt																												0.703954	0.512831	18.2761	15.5396	38.3378
DM-936	DETAILS	XRF	Rock	Igneous Mafic Volcanic	Basalt	49.34	3.23	13.6	14.11	0.21	4.94	8.83	2.88	0.98	0.44	98.56	556		42	43			26	17		17		358		381	38	209
TD-563	DETAILS	ICPMS	Rock	Igneous Mafic Volcanic	Basanite												583	1.5	61	364	0.432	4.61	72.5	285	2.44	48.3	20	740	1.11	196	22	206
TD-563	DETAILS	TIMS	Rock	Igneous Mafic Volcanic	Basanite																												0.703081	0.512892	19.2015	15.5894	39.0173
TD-563	DETAILS	XRF	Rock	Igneous Mafic Volcanic	Basanite	43.78	2.7	12.09	14.62	0.2	11.54	9.3	3.31	1.57	0.58	99.69	572		60	351			73	251		44		736		213	25	208

Data from the SESAR Database

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