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Tindfjöll

Tindfjallajokull

Tipo
Estratovolcán
Altitud
1464 m
Última erupción
Desconocido
Tindfjöll
Foto: Martin Barth · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Tipo
Estratovolcán
País
Islandia
Región
Océano Atlántico / Iceland Neovolcanic Rift Volcanic Province
Altitud
1464 m
Coordenadas
63.783, -19.716
Última erupción
Desconocido
Contexto tectónico
Zona de rift / Corteza oceánica (< 15 km)
Forma volcánica
Compuesto
Roca principal
Basalto / Picrobasalto
Resumen geológico

Tindfjallajökull is one of the oldest late-Quaternary volcanoes of the eastern volcanic zone of Iceland, and has produced rocks of basaltic-to-rhyolitic composition. The NW rim of the 5-km-wide caldera is topped by an icecap. About a dozen small eruptions took place during the late Pleistocene or early Holocene, mostly from vents north and west of the caldera. Although previously thought to be the source of the nearby Thórsmörk Ignimbrite deposits, Moles et al. (2019) showed that they originated from Torfajökull (about 30 km NE).

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