| Locality type: | Volcano |
| Classification |
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| Type: | Obsidian |
| Age information |
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| Maximum recorded age: | 0.12 ± 0.05 Ma |
| Minimum recorded age: | 0.12 ± 0.05 Ma |
| Sample ages: | | Recorded age | Geologic Time | Sample | Dating method |
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| 1 | 0.12 ± 0.05 Ma | Pleistocene | - | K-Ar |
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| Sample references: | |
| 1 | - | Barberi, F., Borsi, S., Ferrara, G., Marinelli, G., Santacroce, R., Tazieff, H., & Varet, J. (1972). Evolution of the Danakil Depression (Afar, Ethiopia) in light of radiometric age determinations. The Journal of Geology, 80(6), 720-729. doi.org/10.1086/627797 |
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| Confirmation |
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| Validity: | Believed Valid |
| Data |
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| Mineral Data: | Click here to view Obsidian data |
| Locality Data: | Click here to view Ma'Alalta Volcano, Kilbet Rasu, Afar Region, Ethiopia |
| Data Identifiers |
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| Mindat Occurrence Record ID: | 1424652 |
| Long-form Identifier: | 1:3:1424652:0 |
| GUID (UUID V4): | 0 |
| Nearest other occurrences of Obsidian |
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| 56.2km (34.9 miles) | ⓘBoina Volcanic Region, Fanti Rasu, Afar Region, Ethiopia |
| 90.8km (56.4 miles) | ⓘAdo Ale Volcanic Centre, Fanti Rasu, Afar Region, Ethiopia |
| References |
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Barberi, F., Borsi, S., Ferrara, G., Marinelli, G., & Varet, J. (1970). Relations between tectonics and magmatology in the northern Danakil Depression (Ethiopia). Philosophical Transactions for the Royal Society of London. Series A, Mathematical and Physical Sciences, 293-311. Barberi, F., Borsi, S., Ferrara, G., Marinelli, G., Santacroce, R., Tazieff, H., & Varet, J. (1972). Evolution of the Danakil Depression (Afar, Ethiopia) in light of radiometric age determinations. The Journal of Geology, 80(6), 720-729. doi.org/10.1086/627797 Barberi, F., Chedeville, E., Faure, H., Marinelli, G., Santacroce, R., Tazieff, H., & Varet, J. (1973). Geology of Northern Afar (Ethiopia). (with a geological map, scale 1:500000). Revue de Geographie Physique et de Geologie Dynamique, Paris, 15, 443-489. |
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