Tepi

Tepi
height	2728 m
location	Ethiopia
Coordinates	7 ° 25 '12 " N , 35 ° 25' 48" E Coordinates: 7 ° 25 '12 " N , 35 ° 25' 48" E
Type	Shield volcano
rock	basalt
Last eruption	unknown

The Tepi , whose crater is also known as Bishan Waka , is a densely forested basaltic shield volcano . It is located in southern Ethiopia about 300 km west of the great African rift valley . The volcano is believed to have originated in the Holocene. There are smaller craters and hot springs around the large volcano. Lava can be found in some of the surrounding valleys . Around the volcano there is a volcanic area also known as the Tepi volcanic field .

Individual evidence

↑ Global Volcanism Program | Tepi. Retrieved August 3, 2019 .
↑ AI, IKIS, ZAD EH, and ILYAZALI AP IN .: hazards, disaster . Ed .: Cambridge, University Press. Cambridge, S. 169-199 .
↑ DAVIDSON, Anthony: The Omo river project, reconnaissance geology and geochemistry of parts of Ilubabor, Kefa, Gemu Gofa and Sidamo, Ethiopia. In: Ethiop. Inst. Geol. Surv. tape 2 , 1983, p. 1-89 .
↑ Dereje Ayalew, B. Marty, P. Barbey, Gezahegn Yirgu, Endale Ketefo: Sub-lithospheric source for Quaternary alkaline Tepi shield, southwest Ethiopia . In: GEOCHEMICAL JOURNAL . tape 40 , no. 1 , 2006, ISSN 0016-7002 , p. 47–56 , doi : 10.2343 / geochemj.40.47 ( jst.go.jp [accessed August 3, 2019]).
↑ Giacomo Corti, Federico Sani, Samuele Agostini, Melody Philippon, Dimitrios Sokoutis: Off-axis volcano-tectonic activity during continental rifting: Insights from the transversal Goba-Bonga lineament, Main Ethiopian Rift (East Africa) . In: Tectonophysics . tape 728-729 , March 2018, p. 75–91 , doi : 10.1016 / j.tecto.2018.02.011 ( elsevier.com [accessed August 3, 2019]).

[1] Global Volcanism Program | Tepi. Retrieved August 3, 2019 .

[2] AI, IKIS, ZAD EH, and ILYAZALI AP IN .: hazards, disaster . Ed .: Cambridge, University Press. Cambridge, S. 169-199 .

[3] DAVIDSON, Anthony: The Omo river project, reconnaissance geology and geochemistry of parts of Ilubabor, Kefa, Gemu Gofa and Sidamo, Ethiopia. In: Ethiop. Inst. Geol. Surv. tape 2 , 1983, p. 1-89 .

[4] Dereje Ayalew, B. Marty, P. Barbey, Gezahegn Yirgu, Endale Ketefo: Sub-lithospheric source for Quaternary alkaline Tepi shield, southwest Ethiopia . In: GEOCHEMICAL JOURNAL . tape 40 , no. 1 , 2006, ISSN 0016-7002 , p. 47–56 , doi : 10.2343 / geochemj.40.47 ( jst.go.jp [accessed August 3, 2019]).

[5] Giacomo Corti, Federico Sani, Samuele Agostini, Melody Philippon, Dimitrios Sokoutis: Off-axis volcano-tectonic activity during continental rifting: Insights from the transversal Goba-Bonga lineament, Main Ethiopian Rift (East Africa) . In: Tectonophysics . tape 728-729 , March 2018, p. 75–91 , doi : 10.1016 / j.tecto.2018.02.011 ( elsevier.com [accessed August 3, 2019]).