Volcano number: | 221250 |
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Region: | Africa and Red Sea |
Country: | Ethiopia |
Geodetic measurements? | Yes |
Deformation observation? | Yes |
Measurement method(s): | InSAR |
Duration of observation: | 1997-2000, 2003-2010 |
Inferred cause of deformation: | Uncertain |
Characteristics of deformation: |
Biggs et al. (2011) processed InSAR data from Tullu Moje (called Tulla Moje within Biggs et al. (2011)) between 1997-2000 and 2003-2010. They found no evidence of surface deformation until 2009-2010, but no deformation mechanism is given. |
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: | 39.137, 8.158999999999999 |