Korath Range (Ethiopia)

Status Normal Eruption Unknown 912m
Tuff cone(s) (Rift zone / Intermediate crust (15-25 km))

The Korath Range is an isolated group of tuff cones and lava flows in southern Ethiopia that were erupted along the Turkana Rift, which extends north from Kenya. About 20 tuff cones occupy the Korath Range, many of which issued lava flows from their flanks that traveled up to about 5 km. The apparent youngest flow issued from the central crater and flowed through a breach in its rim. The absolute age of the dominantly basanitic-tephritic lava flows is unknown, but a shell adhering to the youngest flow was radiocarbon dated at 7900 years before present (BP) (Brown et al., 1969). Davidson (1983) indicated an age between 30,000 BP and 7900-9500 BP.

The fissure-controlled Korath Range is an isolated group of tuff cones and lava flows in southern Ethiopia that were erupted along the Turkana Rift. The Korath Range tuff cones issued many lava flows that traveled up to about 5 km, forming lobate margins, most prominently on the western flanks of the massif. The apparent youngest flow issued from the central crater and flowed through a breach in its rim.

NASA Landsat7 image (worldwind.arc.nasa.gov)

Last updated 2019-08-04 00:28:02