Emi Koussi
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| Emi Koussi | |
|---|---|
| Image:Emi Koussi-Tibesti Mountains-Chad.jpg Emi Koussi seen from International Space Station | |
| Elevation | Template:Convert |
| Location | Chad |
| Range | Tibesti Mountains |
| Coordinates | Template:Coord |
| Type | Pyroclastic shield |
| Age of rock | Holocene |
| Last eruption | unknown |
| First ascent | 1938 |
| Easiest route | walk up |
Emi Koussi is a high shield volcano that lies at the south end of the Tibesti Mountains in the central Sahara of northern Chad. It is the highest mountain in Chad, and the highest in the Sahara. The volcano is one of several in the Tibesti massif, and reaches 3445 m in altitude, rising 2.3 km above the surrounding sandstone plains. The volcano is 60 by 80 km wide.
Two nested calderas cap the volcano, the outer one being about 12 by 15 km in size. Within it on the southeast side is a smaller caldera, about 2-3 km wide and 350 m deep. Numerous lava domes, cinder cones, maars, and lava flows are found both within the calderas and along the outer flanks of the shield.
Emi Koussi has been used as a close analog to the famous Martian volcano Elysium Mons. One of the most important morphological differences between volcanoes on Mars and Earth is the widespread furrowing of the surface due to flowing water on terrestrial volcanoes. The furrows are shallow valleys. Larger channels have a different origin. Major channels can be seen on volcanoes on both planets and indicate low points in caldera rims where lava spilled out of pre-collapse craters.
Original entry was from the NASA Earth Observatory; [1]
[edit] References
- NASA Earth Explorer page
- Gourgaud A. and P. M. Vincent. 2004. Petrology of two continental alkaline intraplate series at Emi Koussi volcano, Tibesti, Chad. Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research 129(4): 261-290.
- Global Volcanism Program: Emi Koussi
- Peakware: Emi Koussibg:Еми Куси
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