Lava Creek Tuff eruption
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The Lava Creek Tuff eruption was a massive supereruption at Yellowstone about 640,000 years ago that created the current Yellowstone Caldera and deposited extensive volcanic ash across much of North America.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | supereruption ⓘ |
| ashDistribution | much of North America ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Lava Creek Tuff member of Yellowstone Group NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| calderaDiameter | approximately 45 by 75 kilometers ⓘ |
| cause | Yellowstone mantle plume activity ⓘ |
| created | current Yellowstone Caldera outline ⓘ |
| depositType |
ignimbrite
ⓘ
welded tuff ⓘ |
| erupted | Lava Creek Tuff NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| eruptionSequence | third major caldera-forming eruption of Yellowstone hotspot in last 2.1 million years ⓘ |
| eruptionStyle |
ignimbrite-forming pyroclastic flows
ⓘ
plinian ⓘ |
| eruptionType | caldera-forming eruption ⓘ |
| formed | Yellowstone Caldera NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| geologicAge | Late Pleistocene ⓘ |
| hazardType |
ash fall
ⓘ
caldera collapse ⓘ pyroclastic flows ⓘ |
| impact |
major reshaping of Yellowstone Plateau topography
ⓘ
widespread tephra layer in continental sedimentary records ⓘ |
| location |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
Wyoming NERFINISHED ⓘ Yellowstone National Park NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| magnitude | supervolcanic ⓘ |
| partOf | Yellowstone volcanic system NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| precededBy |
Huckleberry Ridge Tuff eruption
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Mesa Falls Tuff eruption NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| produced | extensive volcanic ash fall deposits ⓘ |
| relatedProcess | crustal magma chamber evacuation ⓘ |
| resultedIn |
long-lived hydrothermal system at Yellowstone
ⓘ
post-caldera rhyolitic lava flows within Yellowstone Caldera ⓘ |
| significance | one of the largest Quaternary eruptions in North America ⓘ |
| studiedBy |
United States Geological Survey
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Yellowstone Volcano Observatory NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| tephraCorrelation | marker bed in Pleistocene stratigraphy of North America ⓘ |
| time | about 640,000 years ago ⓘ |
| VEI | 8 ⓘ |
| volcanicField | Yellowstone Plateau volcanic field NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| volcanicProvince | Yellowstone hotspot NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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