Iceland Volcano: Tindfjallajökull volcano

Iceland Volcano: Tindfjallajökull volcano

Tindfjallajökull volcano Data:

• Schichtvulkan 1463 m (4,800 ft)
• Iceland, 63.79°N / -19.59°W
• Current status: (probably) extinct (0 of 5)
• Typical eruption style:explosive.
• Eruptions from Tindfjallajökull: unknown

Tindfjallajökull is one of the oldest Holocene volcanoes of the eastern volcanic zone of Iceland and has produced rocks of basaltic-to-rhyolitic composition.

Tindfjallajökull volcano Background:
Eruption of the rhyolitic and trachyandesitic Thorsmork ignimbrite accompanied formation of a 5-km-wide caldera during the Pleistocene. The NW rim of the caldera is topped by the Tindfjallajökull icecap. About a dozen small eruptions took place during the late Pleistocene and early Holocene, mostly from vents north and west of the caldera.