Causes of vulcanicity in the East African Rift
Geography · Grade 10 · about 40 minutes
Why magma rises where Kenya is splitting: thinning crust, faults, heat and pressure, with hot spots as the exception.
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- Vulcanicity: what happens and what it builds
- Where volcanoes are, and what they mean for people
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- Intrusive features: batholith to dyke
- Shield, composite and cinder volcanoes in East Africa
- Craters, calderas and lava plateaus
- Hot springs, geysers and fumaroles
- Kenya's Rift volcanoes from Turkana to Magadi
- World distribution of volcanic features
- Benefits of vulcanicity to Kenyan livelihoods
- Volcanic hazards and negative effects
- Volcanic disaster preparedness and management