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Anorthite from
Erta Ale Volcanic Range, Danakil depression, Afar Region, Ethiopia


Locality type:Volcanic Province
Classification
Species:Anorthite
Formula:Ca(Al2Si2O8)
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Anorthite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Erta Ale Volcanic Range, Danakil depression, Afar Region, Ethiopia
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:1424636
Long-form Identifier:1:3:1424636:2
GUID (UUID V4):7a80b02f-2e15-4229-a35c-d87ee820682a
References
Barberi, F., Santacroce, R. & Varet, J. 1975. Silicic peralkaline volcanic rocks of the Afar Depression (Ethiopia). Bulletin Volcanologique, 38, 755-790.
exemple de l'Afar. Bulletin de la Société Géologique de France, 7(5-6), 506-540. doi.org/10.2113/gssgfbull.S7-XV.5-6.506
Treuil, M., Varet, J., Billhot, M., & Barberi, F. (1971). Distribution of nickel, copper and zinc in the volcanic series of Erta'Ale, Ethiopia. Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology, 30(1), 84-94. doi.org/10.1007/BF00373371
Cheminée, J. L. (1973). Evolution des concentrations en K, U et Th dans les laves de la série différenciée de l'Erta'Ale. Rev. Géogr. Géol. Dyn.(2), 15(4), 353-372.
Tazieff, H. (1973). Erta Ale volcano. Revue de géographie physique et de géologie dynamique, 15(4), 437-441.
Treuil, M., & Varet, J. (1973). Criteres volcanologiques, petrologiques et geochimiques de la genese et de la differenciation des magmas basaltiques
Barberi, F., Civetta, L., & Varet, J. (1980). Sr isotopic composition of Afar volcanics and its implication for mantle evolution. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 50(1), 247-259. doi.org/10.1016/0012-821X(80)90136-3
Bizouard, H., Barberi, F., & Varet, J. (1980). Mineralogy and petrology of Erta Ale and Boina volcanic series, Afar rift, Ethiopia. Journal of Petrology, 21(2), 401-436. doi.org/10.1093/petrology/21.2.401
Le Maitre, R. W. - Ed. (2002) Igneous Rocks - A Classification and Glossary of Terms (2nd ed.) Cambridge University Press. doi:10.1017/cbo9780511535581
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Mohr, P (1978) AFAR. Annual Review of Earth and Planetary Sciences, 6. 145-172 doi:10.1146/annurev.ea.06.050178.001045
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
- Ann Arbor on 02/14/15. For personal use only. AFAR Further Quick links to online content :-:10090...the less than 20 years since I reapplied the term Afar (d'Abbadie 1873, Dreyfuss 1 93 1 ) to an awesome...barely explored desert sink of northeastern Ethiopia, that region has become a mecca for detailed and integrated...sion converge on Afar, namely the Red Sea, Gulf of Aden, and African Rift System. Afar is thus a triple...Arabian, Nubian (or African), and Somali plates. Afar is a unique and extraordinary geological entity
Beccaluva, Luigi, Bianchini, Gianluca, Wilson, Marjorie (2011) Volcanism and Evolution of the African Lithosphere. GSA Special Paper 478. Geological Society of America doi:10.1130/2011.2478
Report (issue)
lower-crustal and mantle xenoliths from the Bayuda volcanic field, Sudan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...opening directions along the axes of the Red Sea (Afar) and Main Ethiopian Rifts: An overview . . . . ...The upper-mantle low-velocity anomaly beneath Ethiopia, Kenya, and Tanzania: Constraints on the origin... . . . . . . . 37 Andrew A. Nyblade 4. The Ethiopia Afar Geoscientific Lithospheric Experiment (EAGLE):...Keir, and Eve Daly 5. Peridotite xenoliths from Ethiopia: Inferences about mantle processes from plume
Macdougal, J. D. - Ed. (1988) Continental Flood Basalts. Springer Netherlands. doi:10.1007/978-94-015-7805-9
Book
and Idaho between the actively rising Cascade Range to the west and the main ranges of the Rocky Mountain...The Columbia River basalt province and related volcanic rocks. The axes (zones of maximum concentration)...(1970) "Chief Joseph dike swarm". CRBG related volcanic rocks along the southern margin of the province... the basalts and volcanic rocks of Powder River (PR), and the basalts and volcanic rocks of Weiser (W)...elements than Imnaha flows (Table I), but a similar range of abundances of most other incompatible minor and
 
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