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]

  1. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference PermenterOppenheimer2007 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference Thesiger1939 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ Deniel et al. 2015, p. 19.
  4. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference Grove1960 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  5. ^ Deniel et al. 2015, p. 1.
  6. ^ Deniel et al. 2015, p. 13.