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Tin Zaouatene Volcanic Field

Volcano number: 225002
Region: Africa and Red Sea
Country: Mali
Geodetic measurements? No
Deformation observation? Unknown
Measurement method(s): No measurements
Duration of observation: Unknown
Inferred cause of deformation: []
Characteristics of deformation:

No goedetic measurements have ever been made at this very remote small (50 sq km) volcanic field in eastern Mali. The volcanic field is thought to be of Holocene age (Liegeois et al., 2005).

References: 'Liegeois J-P, Benhallou A, Azzouni-Sekkal A, Yahiaoui R, Bonin B, 2005. The Hoggar swell and volcanism: reactivation of the Precambrian Tuareg shield during Alpine convergence and West African Cenozoic volcanism. In: Foulger G R, Natland H H, Presnall D C, Anderson D L (eds) Plates, Plumes, and Paradigms, (Geol Soc Amer Spec Pap), 388: 379-400.'
Location: 2.83, 19.83