Darfur Dome

Darfur Dome

The Darfur Dome or Darfur Volcanic Province is an area about 100x400 km in area in Western Sudan, the result of a volcanic plume [1][2] which created its best-known and central feature, Deriba Crater. It also produced the surrounding Marra Mountains (Jebel Marra)[3][4] and Tagabo Hills, formed around 16 and 10 Ma., and the Meidob Hills which arose around 6.8 Ma.[5] The plume is linked to stress resolution along the Central African Fault Zone.[citation needed]

Notes

  1. ^ "The Darfur Dome, western Sudan: the product of a subcontinental mantle plume", G. Franz, International Journal of Earth Sciences, Volume 83, Number 3 / October, 1994
  2. ^ "Plume related alkaline magmatism in central Africa—the Meidob Hills (W Sudan)", Gerhard Franza, Gesine Steiner, Frank Volker, Dieter Pudlo and Konrad Hammerschmidt, Chemical Geology, Volume 157, Issues 1-2, 3 May 1999, Pages 27-47
  3. ^ Google Maps
  4. ^ "Jebel Marra, a dormant volcano in Darfur Province, Western Sudan", J. R. Vail, Bulletin of Volcanology, Volume 36, Number 1 / March, 1972
  5. ^ G. Franz

Coordinates: 13°5′0″N 24°20′0″E / 13.083333°N 24.333333°E / 13.083333; 24.333333



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