Lengai and Masai
by Julie Albaric, Domaines Oceaniques/CNRS, France
Ol Doinyo Lengai is a volcano located in the north of Tanzania and is part of the volcanic system of the Great Rift Valley in Eastern Africa. It is unique among active volcanoes in that it produces natrocarbonatite lava, a unique occurrence of volcanic carbonatite.
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- Earth Magnetism & Rock Physics (345)
- Field (2822)
- Geochemistry, Mineralogy, Petrology & Volcanology (902)
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- Africa (328)
- Eastern Africa (104)
- United Republic of Tanzania (19)
- Exact location (38.3203 E, -7.0137 S)
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Submitted on 9 November 2010
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Julie Albaric (distributed via imaggeo.egu.eu)
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