Girekol Explained

Girekol
Elevation M:	2,145
Location:	Erciş, Van, Turkey
Range:	Armenian Highlands
Map:	Turkey
Coordinates:	39.1038°N 43.4261°W
Type:	Stratovolcano

Girekol or Girekol Tepe is a 2145adj=midNaNadj=mid volcano in Van Province, Turkey. It is an alkaline shield volcano and the most recent activity has been dated to 0.36 +/- 0.06 Ma.^[1]

Along with the neighboring volcanoes of Mount Meydan and Etrüsk Dağı (Kavşabulak Tepesi), Girekol is part of a volcanic province associated with a regional geological structure called the "Lake Van dome".^[2] It lies approximately northeast of the town of Erciş.

The volcano has produced plagiophyric, trachybasaltic lavas that are among the youngest eruption activities on the northern coast of Lake Van. In part, these overlie older volcanic products.^[3]

Notes and References

1. 213022. Girekol. 12 July 2015.
2. A new look at the collision-related volcanism in Eastern Anatolia, Turkey: Volcanic history of the Northern-Van neovolcanic province . Keskin, Mehmet . Lebedev, Vladimir . Sharkov, Evgenii . Oyan, Vural . Ünal, Esin . Geophysical Research Abstracts . May 2010 . 12 . 2010EGUGA..1212629K.
3. Lebedev. V. A.. Sharkov. E. V.. Keskin. M.. Oyan. V.. Geochronology of Late Cenozoic volcanism in the area of Van Lake, Turkey: An example of development dynamics for magmatic processes. Doklady Earth Sciences. 433. 2. 2010. 1031–1037. 1028-334X. 10.1134/S1028334X1008009X.