Tarso Toon (sometimes also known as Tarso Toh;[2] "Tarso" means "high plateau".[3]) is a volcano in the central Tibesti mountains.[4]
| Tarso Toon | |
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 Tarso Toon is in the upper right corner | |
| Highest point | |
| Coordinates | 21°04′N 17°37′E / 21.07°N 17.62°E[1] |
| Geography | |
  Tarso Toon | |
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
edit- ^ 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.
- ^ Thesiger, Wilfred (1939). "A Camel Journey to Tibesti". The Geographical Journal. 94 (6): 433–446. doi:10.2307/1787293. JSTOR 1787293.
- ^ Deniel et al. 2015, p. 19.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Deniel et al. 2015, p. 1.
- ^ Deniel et al. 2015, p. 13.
Sources
edit- Deniel, C.; Vincent, P.M.; Beauvilain, A.; Gourgaud, A. (8 August 2015). "The Cenozoic volcanic province of Tibesti (Sahara of Chad): major units, chronology, and structural features". Bulletin of Volcanology. 77 (9): 74. Bibcode:2015BVol...77...74D. doi:10.1007/s00445-015-0955-6. ISSN 0258-8900. S2CID 129043535.
External links
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Media related to Tarso Toon at Wikimedia Commons
See also
edit- Tarso Toh, a distinct volcano in Tibesti