Latitude: 1°53'S
Longitude: 36°16'E
Soda lake.
Also extensive deposits of chert.
References
- Baker, B.H. 1958 Geology of the Magadi area. Geological Survey of Kenya report No. 42
- Eugster, H.P. 1967 Hydrous sodium silicates from Lake Magadi, Kenya; precursors of bedded chert. Science v. 157, p. 1177-80
- Eugster, H.P., Joens, B.F. 1968 Gels composed of sodium aluminum silicate, Lake Magadi, Kenya. Science v. 161, p. 160-4
- Eugster, H.P. 1969 Inorganic bedded cherts from the Magadi area, Kenya. Contrib. Mineral. Petrol. v. 22, p. 1-31-
- Nielsen, Joan M. (1999): East African magadi (trona): fluoride concentration and mineralogical composition. Journal of African Earth Sciences 29, 423-428.
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