The Ethiopian Volcano

Area: Lat. 13.6N, Long. 40.7E

Rise: 2,011 feet (613 m)

Erta Ale is an exceptionally remote and once in a while went to shield well of lava in the Afar locale of East Africa. It is Ethiopia's most dynamic spring of gushing lava and it has been in a condition of persistent emission since 1967. Daytime temperatures will probably be above 40 degrees Celcius and the base of the spring of gushing lava really lies underneath ocean level and it's summit ascends to 613 Meters. Erta Ale is known for it's 2 pit holes which have had dynamic magma lakes previously.


Erta Ale has experienced seven ejection occasions in the previous 125 years. Three of the early ejection dates, 1873, 1903, and 1904 are indeterminate. Be that as it may, 1906, 1940, 1960, and 1967 are settled occasions. Erta Ale has been emitting ceaselessly since 1967.

Two new studies on Erta Ale have as of late been distributed. Oppenheimer and Francis (1998) took a gander at the ramifications of seemingly perpetual magma lakes. They trust that Erta Ale's magma lake has been dynamic for in any event the most recent 90 years (making it one of the longest known memorable ejections). A lot of warmth are discharged by the spring of gushing lava however the measure of magma that ejects is moderately little. Oppenheimer and Francis conjectured that a higher magma thickness (brought about by the cooling of the magma in the lake) represses emissions. They suggested that the majority of the magma aggregates in the hidden hull as barriers and ledges. Since the Afar area is under augmentation, conditions are ideal for the infusion of dams and ledges.

Barrat and others (1998) took a gander at the science of the stones at Erta Ale. Rocks go in sythesis from basalt to rhyolite. Barrat and others found that two mantle sources were tapped for the basalts: one comparative in piece to the hotspot for mid-sea edge basalts (called MORB by geochemists) and one comparable in creation to the hotspot for sea island basalts (called OIB). Their information did not demonstrate a critical commitment of sialic material from the mainland covering. The silica-rich volcanics are gotten from fragmentary crystallization of basaltic magmas.