Chad · Stratovolcano
Tarso Toussidé
Tousside, Tarso
- Type
- Stratovolcano
- Elevation
- 3299m
- Last eruption
- Unknown
- Type
- Stratovolcano
- Country
- Chad
- Region
- Northern Africa / East Central Sahara Volcanic Province
- Elevation
- 3299m
- Coordinates
- 21.041, 16.473
- Last eruption
- Unknown
- Tectonic setting
- Intraplate / Continental crust (> 25 km)
- Landform
- Composite
- Major rock type
- Trachyte / Trachydacite
Geological summary
Tarso Toussidé, a broad volcanic massif at the western end of the Tibesti Range, is capped by the Toussidé stratovolcano, constructed at the western end of the 14-km-wide ignimbritic Pleistocene Yirrigue caldera.
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From Wikipedia
Toussidé is a potentially active stratovolcano in Chad. Toussidé lies in the Tibesti Mountains; the large Yirrigué caldera and the smaller Trou au Natron and Doon Kidimi craters are close to it. It has an elevation of 3,302 m (10,833 ft) above sea level. The volcano is the source of a number of lava flows, which have flowed westward away from Toussidé and east into the Yirrigué caldera.
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Eruption history
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No eruption records available.
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