"Hades" - A remarkable cave on Oldoinyo Lengai in the East African Rift Valley
Oldoinyo Lengai is the world’s only active carbonatite volcano, situated in northern Tanzania within the Eastern Rift Valley, al 2.751 degrees S, 35.902 degrees E. It forms an isolated symmetrical cone at the southern end of Lake Natron, with a summit elevation of 2,890 m (9,480 ft). Periodic erupti...
Main Author: | Gordon J. Davies |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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University of South Florida Libraries
1998-01-01
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Series: | International Journal of Speleology |
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Online Access: | http://www.ijs.speleo.it/pdf/9.74.27_Davies.pdf |
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