The Massive Volcano in Tanzania; Kilimanjaro

Within Tanzania is Africa's tallest volcano. Rising to a height of more than 19,000 feet and with glaciers on its summit, what I am referring to is Mount Kilimanjaro. While it is up for debate whether this volcano will ever erupt again, it has not erupted in more than 100,000 years, and I would personally consider it as dormant rather than extinct. Regardless, its existence tells an interesting geologic history which this video will discuss along with the volcano's overall geologic history. If you would like to support this channel, consider using one of the following links: (Patreon:   / geologyhub  ) (YouTube membership:    / @geologyhub  ) (Gemstone & Mineral Etsy store: http://prospectingarizona.etsy.com) (GeologyHub Merch Etsy store: http://geologyhub.etsy.com) Google Earth imagery used in this video: ©Google & Data Providers This video is protected under "fair use". If you see an image and/or video which is your own in this video, and/or think my discussion of a scientific paper (and/or discussion/mentioning of the data/information within a scientific paper) does not fall under the fair use doctrine, and wish for it to be censored or removed, contact me by email at [email protected] and I will make the necessary changes. Various licenses used in sections of this video (not the entire video, this video as a whole does not completely fall under one of these licenses) and/or in this video's thumbnail image (and this list does not include every license used in this video and/or thumbnail image): Public Domain: https://creativecommons.org/publicdom... Sources/Citations: [1] Hardy, Douglas. (2011). Kilimanjaro. 10.1007/978-90-481-2642-2_315. [2] P. WILKINSON, J. G. MITCHELL, P. J. CATTERMOLE, C. DOWNIE; Volcanic chronology of the Men–Kilimanjaro region, Northern Tanzania. Journal of the Geological Society 1986;; 143 (4): 601–605. doi: https://doi.org/10.1144/gsjgs.143.4.0601 [3] Philippe Nonnotte, Hervé Guillou, Bernard Le Gall, Mathieu Benoit, Joseph Cotten, Stéphane Scaillet, New K–Ar age determinations of Kilimanjaro volcano in the North Tanzanian diverging rift, East Africa, Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research, Volume 173, Issues 1–2, 2008, Pages 99-112, ISSN 0377-0273, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jvolgeores..... (https://www.sciencedirect.com/science...) [4] Baudouin C and Parat F (2020) Phlogopite-Olivine Nephelinites Erupted During Early Stage Rifting, North Tanzanian Divergence. Front. Earth Sci. 8:277. doi: 10.3389/feart.2020.00277 [5] Bender, Matthew. (2023). History of the Mount Kilimanjaro Area. 10.1093/acrefore/9780190277734.013.1470. [6] Source of Volcanic Explosivity Index (VEI) methodology and criteria: Newhall, C. G., and Self, S. (1982), The volcanic explosivity index (VEI) an estimate of explosive magnitude for historical volcanism, J. Geophys. Res., 87(C2), 1231–1238, doi:10.1029/JC087iC02p01231. Accessed / Read by    / geologyhub   on Oct 5th, 2022. [7] VEIs, dates/years, composition, tephra layer name, DRE estimates, and bulk tephra volume estimates for volcanic eruptions shown in this video which were assigned a VEI 4 or larger and are not from the Titan Ridge Volcano are sourced from the LaMEVE database (British Geological Survey © UKRI), https://www2.bgs.ac.uk/vogripa/view/c..., Used with Permission 0:00 Kilimanjaro Volcano 1:06 Geologic Setting 1:53 Volcano Timeline 2:30 1st Caldera Formation 2:55 Mawenzi & Kibo Cones 4:41 Most Recent Eruption