Huri volcano
Shield 1300 m / 4265 ft
Kenya, 3.5°N / 37.75°E
Current status: (probably) extinct (0 out of 5) | Reports
Huri volcano books
Kenya, 3.5°N / 37.75°E
Current status: (probably) extinct (0 out of 5) | Reports
Huri volcano books
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Typical eruption style: unspecified
Huri volcano eruptions: None during the past 10,000 years
Less than 2.58 million years ago (Pleistocene)
Huri volcano eruptions: None during the past 10,000 years
Less than 2.58 million years ago (Pleistocene)
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Background:
The 90 x 110 km Pliocene to Pleistocene Huri shield volcano is capped by cinder cones along a NNE-SSW trend. Some relatively uneroded cones in this arid region are over 1 million years old (Charsley 1987).---
Smithsonian / GVP volcano information
Huri Photos:
 The droplets found at the sulphur deposits and fumarolic vents are (weak) sulphuric acid from which sulphur crystals can precipitate (Photo: Ingrid Smet) |  Sulphur crystals and sulphuric acid drops around and active vent (Photo: Ingrid Smet) |  Day 3: Drops of sulphuric acid are often seen dangling from above the fumarole vent, they are the intrermediary step between hydrogen sulfide gas and solid sulfur (Photo:... |
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