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Tendürek Volcano, Doğubayazıt District, Ağri Province, Turkeyi
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
39° 22' North , 43° 54' East
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
39.36667,43.90000
GRN:
N27E25
Type:
Volcano
Age:
0.70 to 0.013 Ma
Geologic Time:
Pleistocene
Dating method:
K-Ar
Reference for age:
Y?lmaz, Y., G
Köppen climate type:
Dsb : Warm, dry-summer continental climate
Nearest Settlements:
PlacePopulationDistance
Doğubayazıt70,171 (2012)25.5km
Diyadin18,172 (2012)27.5km
Mindat Locality ID:
342745
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:342745:6
GUID (UUID V4):
0
Other/historical names associated with this locality:
Tendürek dag


Polygenetic volcano that rises to 3584m and covers an area of c. 30 x 20km and is located to the NE of Lake Van.

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References

Pearce, J. A., Bender, J. F., De Long, S. E., Kidd, W. S. F., Low, P. J., Güner, Y., ... & Mitchell, J. G. (1990). Genesis of collision volcanism in Eastern Anatolia, Turkey. Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research, 44(1-2), 189-229.
Yılmaz, Y., Güner, Y., & Şaroğlu, F. (1998). Geology of the Quaternary volcanic centres of the East Anatolia. Journal of volcanology and geothermal research, 85(1-4), 173-210.
Le Maitre, R. W. - Ed. (2002) Igneous Rocks - A Classification and Glossary of Terms (2nd ed.) Cambridge University Press. doi:10.1017/cbo9780511535581
Woolley, Alan R. (2019) Alkaline Rocks and Carbonatites of the World. Part 4: Antarctica, Asia and Europe (excluding the former USSR), Australasia and Oceanic Islands. The Geological Society of London. doi:10.1144/mpar4p.227
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