The Alu Volcano is a system of volcanic fissures that have produced silicic lava flows, and other fissures south of the volcano have been the source of huge youthful basaltic lava flows, which enlarge to the north as far as Lake Bakili. There is major fumarolic activity, located on parallel faults, some with 100-m uplifts.

The volcano is sometimes referred to as Alu-Dalafilla - being a combination of the Alua and Dalafilla volcanoes.

Eruptions: 3 November 2008.

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References

Barrat, J.A., Fourcade, S., Jahn, B.M., Cheminée, J.L., Capdevila, R. (1998) Isotope (Sr, Nd, Pb, O) and trace-element geochemistry of volcanics from the Erta'Ale range (Ethiopia) Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research, 80 (1) 85-100 doi:10.1016/s0377-0273(97)00016-4

Watts, Emma J., Gernon, Thomas M., Taylor, Rex N., Keir, Derek, Siegburg, Melanie, Jarman, Jasmin, Pagli, Carolina, Gioncada, Anna (2020) Evolution of the Alu-Dalafilla and Borale volcanoes, Afar, Ethiopia. Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research, 408. 107094pp. doi:10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2020.107094

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