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Mt. Nemrut is the southernmost and youngest of the chain of volcanoes in eastern Anatolia. It is a stratovolcano, (a composite volcano that is tall, conical and composed of many layers of hardened lava, tephra, and volcanic ash) and began erupting during the quaternary and continued to be active until 1597 AD, (Aydar et al., 2003).(It should not be confused with the “other” Nemrut Mountain, (Commagene) an archaeological site in southern Turkey which is now famous for its large carved stone heads).
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Özsoy, M. (2010). Mt. Nemrud Caldera. In: Evelpidou, N., Figueiredo, T., Mauro, F., Tecim, V., Vassilopoulos, A. (eds) Natural Heritage from East to West. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-01577-9_40
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