Mesa Falls Tuff eruption
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The Mesa Falls Tuff eruption was a major explosive volcanic event in the Yellowstone region that produced extensive ash-flow deposits and helped shape an earlier phase of the Yellowstone volcanic system.
Statements (40)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | volcanic eruption ⓘ |
| age | Pleistocene ⓘ |
| approximateAgeInMillionsOfYears | 1.3 ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Island Park Caldera
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Yellowstone hotspot NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| cause | Yellowstone mantle plume NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| chronologicalPhaseOf | Yellowstone volcanic system NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| depositName | Mesa Falls Tuff NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| depositType |
ash-flow tuff
ⓘ
welded tuff ⓘ |
| eruptionStyle |
Plinian
ⓘ
caldera-forming ⓘ |
| eruptionType | ash-flow eruption ⓘ |
| eruptiveCenter | Island Park Caldera area NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| formsPartOf | Yellowstone Plateau volcanic field eruptive history ⓘ |
| hasConsequence |
landscape modification in Yellowstone region
ⓘ
widespread tephra dispersal in western North America ⓘ |
| hasProduct | Mesa Falls Tuff NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| helpedShape | earlier phase of the Yellowstone volcanic system ⓘ |
| location |
Island Park area
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Yellowstone region NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| magnitude | large ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Mesa Falls NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| olderThan | Lava Creek Tuff eruption NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Yellowstone volcanic system NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| produced |
extensive ash-flow deposits
ⓘ
ignimbrite ⓘ |
| region |
eastern Idaho
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
northwestern Wyoming ⓘ |
| relatedHazard |
ash fall
ⓘ
pyroclastic flows ⓘ |
| relatedProcess | caldera collapse ⓘ |
| stratigraphicUnit | Mesa Falls Tuff NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| studyDiscipline |
igneous petrology
ⓘ
volcanology ⓘ |
| tectonicSetting | intraplate hotspot ⓘ |
| VEI | 7 ⓘ |
| volcanicField | Yellowstone Plateau volcanic field NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| youngerThan | Huckleberry Ridge Tuff eruption NERFINISHED ⓘ |
Referenced by (1)
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