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Data from the Global Volcanism Program of the Smithsonian Institution
Details for: Meidob Volcanic Field
The dark-colored area in the center of this Space Shuttle view is the alkaline Meidob volcanic field in western Sudan. This broad volcanic field covers an area of 5,000 km2 with nearly 700 Pliocene-to-Holocene vents. The margins of the field are dominated by basaltic scoria cones and associated lava flows, but the lava domes, tuff rings, and maars that are concentrated along the central E-W-trending axis of the volcanic field are among the youngest features. The latest dated eruptions took place about 5,000 years ago. NASA Space Shuttle image STS073-713-87, 1995 (http://eol.jsc.nasa.gov/).
Volcano Number:
225050
Volcano Name:
Meidob Volcanic Field
Country:
Sudan
Volcano Type:
Volcanic field
Last Eruption:
2950 BCE
Elevation:
2000m
Tectonic Setting:
Intraplate / Continental crust (> 25 km)
Pop. within 5km:
5140
Pop. within 10km:
5140
Pop. within 30km:
5140
Pop. within 100km:
24193
Latitude:
15.32
Longitude:
26.47
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The alkaline Meidob volcanic field in western Sudan, at the NE end of the Darfur volcanic province, covers an area of 5,000 km2 with nearly 700 Pliocene-to-Holocene vents. The field was constructed over an uplifted Precambrian igneous and metamorphic basement and is elongated in an E-W direction. Basaltic scoria cones and associated lava flows dominate, but trachytic-phonolitic lava domes, tuff rings, and maars are among the youngest volcanic products. Basaltic scoria cones are scattered throughout the field; their lavas have produced a broad lava plateau. The central part of the field consists of younger phonolitic lava flows, trachytic pumice-fall deposits, ignimbrites, and maars. The youngest dated eruptions about 5,000 years ago produced a tuff ring and a lava flow.
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