Yellowstone hotspot track

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geologic feature hotspot track volcanic province

The Yellowstone hotspot track is a geologic feature marking the west-to-east progression of volcanic and tectonic activity across the northwestern United States as the North American Plate moves over a stationary mantle plume.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Yellowstone hotspot	4
Yellowstone hotspot track canonical	2

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	geologic feature ⓘ hotspot track ⓘ volcanic province ⓘ
beganDuring	Miocene epoch NERFINISHED ⓘ
characterizedBy	age-progressive volcanism ⓘ associated faulting and uplift ⓘ large silicic caldera complexes ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ
currentEasternTerminus	Yellowstone National Park region NERFINISHED ⓘ
evidenceFor	relative motion of North American Plate over hotspot ⓘ
extendsFrom	Snake River Plain NERFINISHED ⓘ
extendsTo	Yellowstone Plateau NERFINISHED ⓘ
geologicAge	Cenozoic ⓘ
hasCause	Yellowstone hotspot NERFINISHED ⓘ mantle plume ⓘ
hasFeature	basaltic and rhyolitic volcanism ⓘ crustal extension ⓘ linear chain of calderas and volcanic fields ⓘ progressively younger volcanic centers toward the east ⓘ
hasImplication	continental lithosphere evolution ⓘ mantle plume dynamics ⓘ plate motion relative to deep mantle ⓘ
hasProcess	tectonic activity ⓘ volcanism ⓘ
hasResearchInterest	mantle tomography studies ⓘ plate–mantle interaction ⓘ supervolcano hazards ⓘ
hasTectonicSetting	continental interior ⓘ extensional regime ⓘ
hasTypeOfVolcanism	intraplate volcanism ⓘ
includes	Columbia Plateau region NERFINISHED ⓘ Snake River Plain NERFINISHED ⓘ Yellowstone Plateau volcanic field NERFINISHED ⓘ
isResultOf	motion of North American Plate over a stationary mantle plume ⓘ
locatedIn	northwestern United States NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedOn	North American Plate NERFINISHED ⓘ
namedAfter	Yellowstone hotspot NERFINISHED ⓘ
orientation	west-to-east ⓘ
partOf	Yellowstone hotspot system NERFINISHED ⓘ
relatedTo	Basin and Range Province NERFINISHED ⓘ Columbia River Basalt Group NERFINISHED ⓘ Snake River Plain hotspot track NERFINISHED ⓘ Yellowstone Caldera NERFINISHED ⓘ
studiedInDiscipline	geology ⓘ geophysics ⓘ volcanology ⓘ

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

High Lava Plains → associatedWith → Yellowstone hotspot track ⓘ

Yellowstone Caldera → partOf → Yellowstone hotspot track ⓘ

this entity surface form: Yellowstone hotspot

Yellowstone Caldera → associatedWith → Yellowstone hotspot track ⓘ

Mammoth Hot Springs → heatSource → Yellowstone hotspot track ⓘ

this entity surface form: Yellowstone hotspot

Snake River Plain → geologicalOrigin → Yellowstone hotspot track ⓘ

this entity surface form: Yellowstone hotspot

Snake River Plain → isHotspotTrackOf → Yellowstone hotspot track ⓘ

this entity surface form: Yellowstone hotspot