Tarso Toon

This article is about the volcano. For the volcanic field, see Tarso Toh.
Tarso Toon
Tarso Toon is in the upper right corner
Highest point
Coordinates21°04′N 17°37′E / 21.07°N 17.62°E / 21.07; 17.62[1]
Geography
Tarso Toon is located in Chad
Tarso Toon
Tarso Toon

Tarso Toon (sometimes also known as Tarso Toh;[2] "Tarso" means "high plateau".[3]) is a volcano in the central Tibesti mountains.[4]

The volcano reaches a maximum height of 2,575 metres (8,448 ft) and a width of 21 by 19 kilometres (13 mi × 12 mi), covering a surface of 600 square kilometres (230 sq mi). It also features a caldera 11 by 12 kilometres (6.8 mi × 7.5 mi) wide,[1] with a gap on its northern side.[4]

It was active in the Miocene,[5] developing over older ignimbrites with tholeiitic rocks. Later, felsic volcanic rocks were emplaced within the caldera and the Voon ignimbrite buried parts of the tholeiite.[6]

References

  1. ^ a b Permenter, JasonL.; Oppenheimer, Clive (1 April 2007). "Volcanoes of the Tibesti massif (Chad, northern Africa)". Bulletin of Volcanology. 69 (6): 615. Bibcode:2007BVol...69..609P. doi:10.1007/s00445-006-0098-x. ISSN 0258-8900. S2CID 53463999.
  2. ^ Thesiger, Wilfred (1939). "A Camel Journey to Tibesti". The Geographical Journal. 94 (6): 433–446. doi:10.2307/1787293. JSTOR 1787293.
  3. ^ Deniel et al. 2015, p. 19.
  4. ^ a b Grove, A. T. (1960). "Geomorphology of the Tibesti Region with Special Reference to Western Tibesti". The Geographical Journal. 126 (1): 18–27. doi:10.2307/1790425. JSTOR 1790425.
  5. ^ Deniel et al. 2015, p. 1.
  6. ^ Deniel et al. 2015, p. 13.

Sources

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See also