Tor Zawar Volcano
Updated: 19 avril. 2024 22:38 GMT -
fissure vents unknown summit elevation
Pakistan, 30.48°N / 67.49°E
Condition actuelle: normal / en sommeil (1 sur 5)
Pakistan, 30.48°N / 67.49°E
Condition actuelle: normal / en sommeil (1 sur 5)
Tor Zawar volcano is located at Tor Zawar mountain in the Ziarat region of west-central Pakistan. It is the only known volcano that has been active in Pakistan in recent times. No previous volcanic activity is known from this area.
The eruption consisted in a small and brief fissure eruption from small closely spaced fissures and built a scoria/spatter cone and a miniscule vesicular to glassy lava flow that traveled only 8.2 meters. Unfortunately, the lava flow was later removed from the eruption site.
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Eruptions du volcan Tor Zawar: 2010
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Introduction
The location of the vent is in an area between the active regional Bibai and Gogai thrust faults. 2 analyzed samples had a trachybasaltic and a basaltic-andesite composition, the latter showing evidence of crustal contamination.Sources: Global Volcanism Program / Smithsonian Institution
See also:
Kerr A C, Khan M, McDonald I (2010) "Eruption of basaltic magma at Tor Zawar, Pakistan on 27 January 2010: geochemical and petrological constraints on petrogenesis", Mineral Mag, v. 74, pp. 1027-1036
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