Neapolitan Yellow Tuff eruption

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The Neapolitan Yellow Tuff eruption was a major explosive volcanic event in the Campi Flegrei (Phlegraean Fields) near Naples, Italy, that produced extensive tuff deposits and significantly shaped the region’s geology and landscape.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf ignimbrite-forming eruption
volcanic eruption
associatedWithStructure Campi Flegrei caldera NERFINISHED
caused major caldera collapse at Campi Flegrei
classifiedAs super-eruption candidate in some studies
eruptionOf Campi Flegrei NERFINISHED
formsSubstrateOf Campi Flegrei coastal areas
large parts of the city of Naples
hasAge Late Pleistocene
hasAlternativeName NYT eruption NERFINISHED
Neapolitan Yellow Tuff event NERFINISHED
hasApproximateAge about 15,000 years before present
hasDepositThickness tens of meters in proximal areas
hasDistribution present in subsurface of Naples urban area
widespread around the Bay of Naples
hasImpact long-term volcanic hazard in the Naples area
regional environmental change
hasMagnitude large
hasRockType phonolitic-trachytic pyroclastics
tuff
hasVolcanicStyle Plinian
caldera collapse
phreatomagmatic
isKeyEventFor evolution of Campi Flegrei caldera
geological framework of the Bay of Naples
locatedIn Campi Flegrei NERFINISHED
locatedInCountry Italy
locatedInRegion Campania NERFINISHED
locatedNear Naples NERFINISHED
partOf Phlegraean Fields volcanic district NERFINISHED
volcanic history of Campi Flegrei
produced Neapolitan Yellow Tuff NERFINISHED
ash fall deposits
ignimbrite sheets
pumice fall deposits
welded tuff
widespread pyroclastic deposits
shaped landscape of Campi Flegrei
regional geomorphology around Naples
subsurface stratigraphy beneath Naples
studiedInDiscipline hazard assessment
stratigraphy
volcanology

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Phlegraean Fields volcanic system hasEruption Neapolitan Yellow Tuff eruption