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Ol Doinyo Lengai is a unique volcano in that it erupts carbonatite lava, which cools to form carbonatite. It is unusual in that all other currently active volcanoes erupt silicate based material while this is carbonate based.
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What type of plate is ol doinyo lengai on?
Ol Doinyo Lengai is on the continental crust of the African Plate.
Ol Doinyo Lengai on a hot spot?
No. Ol Doinyo Lengai is associate with an area of rifting in Africa, which is a developing divergent plate boundary.
What are the myth and legends of ol doinyo lengai?
The myth of ol doinyo lengai is the myth of the Maasi People which clearly states: Ol Doinyo Lengai is translated in the language of Maa as the Mountain of God. Yes, God. Not Gods. The Maasians believe that when Ol doinyo lengai the God,God, is on the summit.
What is Ol Doinyo Lengai?
Ol Doinyo Lengai is a volcano in Tanzania notable for the fact that it erupts unique carbonatite lava.
What subduction zone is ol doinyo lengai part of?
Ol Doinyo Lengai is not associated with a subduction zone. It is associated with the East African Rift, which is a continental rift.
What is a word that begins with O and is related to volcanoes?
* Ol Doinyo Lengai Volcano in Tanzania
Where is natrocarbonatite lava found?
This type of lava can be found at Mt. Ol Doinyo Lengai, Northern Tanzania.
How do people benefit from living by ol doinyo lengai?
The tours up the mountain help the surrounding areas economony
Is the Ol Doinyo Lengai volcano on a convergent divergent or transform boudary?
it is on a convergent boundary if I remember right but I'll post another answer if I'm wrong
Can cold lava ever come out of an active volcano?
Not from any volcano on Earth. Volcanoes on Earth erupt molten rock, which has a rather high melting point. The "coldest" lava on Earth is the carbonatite lava of Ol Doinyo Lengai in Tanzania which erupts at temperatures of 500-600°C (930-1100°F). However, some icy moons of the outer solar system may have cryovolcanoes. Instead of lava, these volcanoes erupt an extremely cold mixture of water, ammonia, methane, and other volcatiles.
What is the temperature of lava from a composite volcano?
The temperature varies widely, ranging from high temperatures of 1,800 to 2,200 degrees Fahrenheit for basaltic lava to as low as 1200 degrees of Rhyolitic lava. Ol Doinyo Lengai, a composite volcano in Africa, erupts unique carbonatite lava with temperatures between 950 and 1100 degrees.
What kind of lava does Mt Stromboli have?
Villarrica volcano is a Stratovolcano situated on the continental side of a subduction zone (a destructive plate boundary), it also sits on an ancient North West-West trending fracture in the crust called the sinistral Gastre Fault Zone.
