Bunyaruguru Volcanic Field

sopka (bez známé erupce za posledních ~12 000 let), Uganda, Eastern Africa Volcanic Regions

Kde

Uganda, Eastern Africa Volcanic Regions

Typ (GVP)

Volcanic field

Nadmořská výška

1 554 m

Poloha

-0,204°, 30,142°

The Bunyaruguru Volcanic Field (also known as Kichwambe) straddles the equator along the E side of the Western Rift Valley, south of Lake George. It contains more than 130 maars, 27 of which contain lakes. Friable calcareous volcanic tuffs are interbedded with Quaternary sediments. Only a few foiditic lava flows have been found. Although Reece (1955) suggested that there had been recent volcanic activity, no eruptions have been recorded, and Pitcavage et al. (2021) reported an 40Ar/39Ar date of about 188 ka on one sample.

Text: Smithsonian Global Volcanism Program.

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