Locality type:

Volcano

Classification

Type:

Rhyolite

Confirmation

Validity:

Believed Valid

Data

Mineral Data:

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Locality Data:

Click here to view Namarunu Volcano, Turkana County, Kenya

Data Identifiers

Mindat Occurrence Record ID:

1425835

Long-form Identifier:

1:3:1425835:8

GUID (UUID V4):

fd2d5b27-695c-4d3b-86e8-ef7d50a5f953

Nearest other occurrences of Rhyolite

67.4km (41.9 miles)

ⓘ Kafkandal Volcano, Turkana County, Kenya

94.5km (58.7 miles)

ⓘ Loiyangalani Volcanic area, Marsabit County, Kenya

References

Key, R. M. (1987). Geology of the Maralal area. Republic of Kenya Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources, Mines and Geological Department Report, 105.

Dunkley, P. N., Smith, M., Allen, D. J., & Darling, W. G. (1993). The geothermal activity and geology of the northern sector of the Kenya Rift Valley.

Reference Search (possible matching items)

	Melnick, Daniel, Garcin, Yannick, Quinteros, Javier, Strecker, Manfred R., Olago, Daniel, Tiercelin, Jean-Jacques (2012) Steady rifting in northern Kenya inferred from deformed Holocene lake shorelines of the Suguta and Turkana basins. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 331. 335-346 doi:10.1016/j.epsl.2012.03.007	Journal (article/letter/editorial)
	in northern Kenya inferred from deformed Holocene lake shorelines of the Suguta and Turkana basins Daniel...Nairobi, Department of Geology, 30197-00100 Nairobi, Kenya e UMR CNRS 6118 Géosciences Rennes, Université de...lake shorelines in the Suguta and Turkana basins in northern Kenya as strain markers to estimate deformation...implying that the lithospheric blocks limiting the Kenya Rift are relatively rigid. Increasing strain rate...rifting has been the matter of debate. Recent volcano-tectonic episodes associated with rifting in regions
	*Rooney, Tyrone O. (2020) The Cenozoic magmatism of East Africa: Part II – Rifting of the mobile belt. Lithos, 360. 105291 doi:10.1016/j.lithos.2019.105291*	Journal (article/letter/editorial)
	magmatism in both rifts, and within the interposing Turkana re Depression. Notwithstanding the independent...independent evolution of the Main Ethiopian Rift and Kenya lP Rift prior to their quaternary linkage, magmatic...evolved compositions (flood na phonolites in Kenya, rhyolites in Ethiopia) dominated the landscape...impacted the entire region from the Afar margin to Kenya, though activity in the south Jo slightly predates...silicic volcanoes. Magmatic activity within the Turkana Depression broadly parallels that in both rifts

Rhyolite from Namarunu Volcano, Turkana County, Kenya

Rhyolite from
Namarunu Volcano, Turkana County, Kenya