Description |
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Material: | Rock |
Classification: | Igneous>Volcanic>Mafic |
Field Name: | Basalt |
Description: | Texture- several relicts of olivine and pyroxene; Comment- very fine laths of plagioclase are also present in groundmass |
Age (min): | 0 Ma |
Age (max): | 0.01 Ma |
Collection Method: | Not Provided |
Collection Method Description: | Not Provided |
Size: | Not Provided |
Geological Age: | Holocene |
Geological Unit: | Nakwa Formation |
Comment: | Not Provided |
Purpose: | Not Provided |
Geolocation |
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Latitude (WGS84): | 5.102369 |
Longitude (WGS84): | 35.89132036 |
Northing (m) (UTM NAD83): | 564700 |
Easting (m) (UTM NAD83): | 820600 |
Zone: | 36N |
Vertical Datum: | Not Provided |
Elevation Start: | 670 meters |
Elevation End: | Not Provided |
Nav Type: | Not Provided |
Physiographic Feature: | Rift Zone |
Name Of Physiographic Feature: | Korath Range |
Location Description: | On grassy ridge, variety of basaltic ejecta, black to yellow-brown |
Locality: | Not Provided |
Locality Description: | Not Provided |
Country: | Ethiopia |
State/Province: | Southern Nations, Nationals, and Peoples |
County: | Not Provided |
City: | Not Provided |
Collection |
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Field Program/Cruise: | Omo River Project |
Platform Type: | Not Provided |
Platform Name: | Not Provided |
Platform Description: | Not Provided |
Launch Type: | Not Provided |
Launch Platform Name: | Not Provided |
Launch ID: | Not Provided |
Collector/Chief Scientist: | A. Davidson |
Collector/Chief Scientist Detail: | Not Provided |
Collection Start Date: | Not Provided |
Collection End Date: | Not Provided |
Curation |
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Current Archive: | Michigan State University Geoanalytical Laboratory |
Current Archive Contact Details: | Tyrone Rooney (rooneyt@msu.edu) |
Original Archive: | Canadian Geological Survey |
Original Archive Contact Details: | Not Provided |
Related Samples |
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Parents: | No Parents | Siblings: | No Siblings |
Children: | No Children |