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Reykjavik Geothermal Joins Effort to Map Ethiopian Volcanoes (Phys.Org)

Icelandic geothermal developer will use the information to help explore for resources

InSAR image showing volcanic uplift in the Great Rift Valley

Little known volcanoes in one of Africa's most stunning locations are to be explored in a bid to understand the threat they pose to life, livelihood and the landscape. Researchers are to assess largely uncharted volcanoes in the East African Rift Valley, home to vast mammal migrations, mountain gorillas, spectacular peaks and fertile plains.

The £3.7million project, known as RiftVolc, is funded by the U.K Natural Environment Research Council and begins in September. It will build on previous successful studies collaborating with Addis Ababa University and the Geological Survey of Ethiopia in the region.

The five-year project, focusing on the volcanoes of the Main Ethiopian Rift, will be led by researchers from the Universities of Edinburgh and Bristol, in collaboration with the Universities of Cambridge, Leeds, Oxford and Southampton, the British Geological Survey, Addis Ababa University and the Geological Survey of Ethiopia. Overseas partners include Reykjavik Geothermal, which is part of a multi-billion dollar investment to develop the infrastructure to exploit this rich source of geothermal power.

Reykjavik Geothermal has numerous geothermal concessions in Ethiopia including the Corbetti Geothermal Power project in Southern Ethiopia.

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