Volcano number: | 221190 |
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Region: | Africa and Red Sea |
Country: | Ethiopia |
Geodetic measurements? | Yes |
Deformation observation? | No |
Measurement method(s): | InSAR |
Duration of observation: | 1997-2000, 2005-2010 |
Inferred cause of deformation: | [] |
Characteristics of deformation: |
ERS interferograms from Fentale (also known as Fantale) volcano between 1997-2000 showed no volcanic deformation. Later ENVISAT interferograms, 2005-2010, also showed no deformation (Biggs et al., 2011). |
References: | 'Biggs, J., I. D. Bastow, D. Keir, and E. Lewi (2011), Pulses of deformation reveal frequently recurring shallow magmatic activity beneath the Main Ethiopian Rift, Geochem. Geophys. Geosyst., 12, Q0AB10, doi:10.1029/2011GC003662.', 'Siebert, L., and T. Simkin (2002), Volcanoes of the World: An Illustrated Catalogue of Holocene Volcanoes and Their Eruptions, Global Volcanism Program Digital Inf. Ser., GVP‐3, Smithsonian Inst., Washington, D. C. [Available at http://www.volcano.si.edu/world/.]' |
Location: | 39.93, 8.975 |