Nyambeni Hills

sopka – Shield, Kenya, Eastern Africa Volcanic Regions

Kde

Kenya, Eastern Africa Volcanic Regions

Typ (GVP)

Shield

Nadmořská výška

750 m

Tektonické prostředí

Rift zone / Continental crust (> 25 km)

Poloha

0,230°, 37,870°

The broad NE-SW-trending Nyambeni shield volcano is capped by numerous phonolitic lava domes, basaltic cones, and lava flows of late-Pleistocene to Holocene age (Hackman et al., 1989). The basaltic cinder cones are the youngest features. They are clustered in a NE-trending belt along the crest of the shield, in a N-S-trending area including the Mula Hills, and in the Giaki area.

Text: Smithsonian Global Volcanism Program.

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