Kutum Volcanic Field

sopka – Volcanic field, Sudan, Northern Africa Volcanic Regions

Kde

Sudan, Northern Africa Volcanic Regions

Typ (GVP)

Volcanic field

Nadmořská výška

1 779 m

Tektonické prostředí

Intraplate / Continental crust (> 25 km)

Poloha

14,570°, 25,850°

The basaltic Kutum volcanic field, in the northern Darfur area of western Sudan, is located SW of the larger Meidob volcanic field. As with other Saharan volcanic fields, Kutum (also known as the Tagabo Hills or Berti Hills) contains very well-preserved cones, lava flows, and explosion craters. They were considered to be of late-Pleistocene or even Holocene age (Almond, 1974). Franz et al. (1997), however, assigned only Tertiary age ranges for rocks from Tagabo Hills.

Text: Smithsonian Global Volcanism Program.

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