Cap-Vert (volcano)
{{Short description|Upwellings of magma in western Senegal}}
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Cap-Vert is a volcanic field in Senegal with a surface of {{convert|100|km2}}. The field covers the Cape Verde peninsula close to Dakar and was active until 600,000 years ago. It consists of a number of outcrops and two {{convert|100|m}} high hills.{{sfn|Lo|Dia|Kampunzu|1992|p=281}} The position of the dykes and lava flows has been influenced by local fault systems.{{sfn|Lo|Dia|Kampunzu|1992|p=283}}
References
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- {{cite journal|last1=Lo|first1=Papa Goumbo|last2=Dia|first2=Abdoulaye|last3=Kampunzu|first3=Ali Basira|title=Cenozoic volcanism in Western Senegal and its relationship to the opening of the Central Atlantic Ocean|journal=Tectonophysics|date=August 1992|volume=209|issue=1–4|pages=281–291|doi=10.1016/0040-1951(92)90035-5|language=en|issn=0040-1951}}
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