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The Geology of the Katmaian Volcanics of the Upper Oramutia Valley, Kenya

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 May 2009

C. M. Bristow
C. M. Bristow
Affiliation:
Dept. of Geology, University of Exeter.
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Abstract

The Oramutia volcanics consist of a group of ignimbrites overlain by pumice tuffs, which lie in a fault formed valley on the eastern flank of the main Kenya rift valley. The presence of a dyke of ignimbrite suggests that the “claystone ” ignimbrite of this area was erupted from fissures. A similar explanation probably applies to the pumice tuffs. These volcanics are therefore the product of Katmaian type eruptions.

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Geological Magazine , Volume 99 , Issue 2 , April 1962 , pp. 153 - 163
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1962

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