Large (45 km east-west) twin volcano, the older and higher Ayelu centre lying west of Aabida. Aabida is a strato volcano with 5 x 4 km summit caldera, within which is a trachytic dome.
Aabida is of recent age with many fumaroles within the caldera and around the volcano.

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ⓘ 'Ignimbritic tuff'

ⓘ Pantelleritic rhyolite

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AfricaContinent

Afar Triangle (Afar Depression)Depression

African Plate

East African Rift
- Ethiopian RiftNarrow Rift

Somali PlateTectonic Plate

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References

Hieke-Merlin, O. (1950). I basalti dell’Africa Orientale. Mem. Ist. Geol. Min. Univ. Padova, 17, 1-42.

Hieke-Merlin, O. (1953). Le vulcaniti acide dell’Africa Orientale. Mem. Ist., Geol. Mineral. Univ. Padova, 18, 1-45.

Varet, J. (1978). Geology of central and southern Afar:(Ethiopia and Djibouti Republic). Ed. du Centre nationale de la recherche scient..

Woolley, A. R. (2001) Alkaline Rocks and Carbonatites of the World, Part 3: Africa - Alkaline Rocks and Carbonatites of the World. The Geological Society of London.p.80

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