Volcano Name: Santo Antão Smithsonian Inst ID (SI_VNUM): 384800
Alternate Name:
Tope de Coroa
Volcano Type: Stratovolcano(es)
Latitude: 17.0666666700
Longitude: -25.1666666700
Region: Atlantic Ocean Sub Region: Cape Verde Islands
Date Entered: 02/05/2012

Eruption Details

Eruption Start Date: 106000 BP Date Error: 3000
Eruption End Date: Dating Technique: Ar-Ar
Eruption Date Quality: Low quality Preferred Date: Y
Bulk DRE Volume (km3): 5.620 (Literature)
Bulk deposit volume (km3): 10.330 (Literature)
Magnitude : 6.000 (Calculated)
Maximum Column Height (km): 23.500 (Literature)
Maximum Intensity : 10.800 (Column Height)
Maximum VEI : 6.000 (Literature)
Magma: Phonolite
Calculated Density:
Rock Classification:
Phonolite
Eruption Start Date: 107000 BP Date Error: 15000
Eruption End Date: Dating Technique: Ar-Ar
Eruption Date Quality: Low quality Preferred Date: Y
Bulk DRE Volume (km3): 1.100 (Literature)
Bulk deposit volume (km3): 2.970 (Literature)
Magnitude : 5.500 (Calculated)
Magma: Phonotephrite-Phonolite
Calculated Density:
Rock Classification:
Phonolite
Phonotephrite

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