Earth:Tarso Toon
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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
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Permenter, JasonL.; Oppenheimer, Clive (1 April 2007). "Volcanoes of the Tibesti massif (Chad, northern Africa)" (in English). Bulletin of Volcanology 69 (6): 615. doi:10.1007/s00445-006-0098-x. ISSN 0258-8900. Bibcode: 2007BVol...69..609P.
- ↑ Thesiger, Wilfred (1939). "A Camel Journey to Tibesti". The Geographical Journal 94 (6): 433–446. doi:10.2307/1787293.
- ↑ Deniel et al. 2015, p. 19.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 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.
- ↑ Deniel et al. 2015, p. 1.
- ↑ Deniel et al. 2015, p. 13.
Sources
- 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" (in English). Bulletin of Volcanology 77 (9): 74. doi:10.1007/s00445-015-0955-6. ISSN 0258-8900. Bibcode: 2015BVol...77...74D.
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See also
- Tarso Toh, an unrelated volcano
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