Taupō volcano

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active volcano caldera volcano

Taupō volcano is a large caldera volcano in New Zealand’s central North Island, renowned for producing some of the most powerful explosive eruptions on Earth in the late Quaternary.

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All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Oruanui caldera 1
Taupō Caldera 1
Taupō Volcanic Centre 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf active volcano ⓘ
caldera volcano ⓘ
associatedWith crustal deformation episodes ⓘ
hydrothermal activity beneath Lake Taupō ⓘ
calderaFilledBy Lake Taupō NERFINISHED ⓘ
classification restless caldera ⓘ
country New Zealand ⓘ
dominantMagmaComposition rhyolite ⓘ
eruptionFrequency infrequent but very large explosive eruptions ⓘ
eruptionStyle Plinian ⓘ
ultra-Plinian ⓘ
eruptiveHistory multiple large explosive eruptions during the late Quaternary ⓘ
eruptiveProducts ignimbrite ⓘ
pumice fall deposits ⓘ
rhyolitic lava domes ⓘ
formsFeature Taupō caldera NERFINISHED ⓘ
geologicalAge Quaternary ⓘ
late Quaternary ⓘ
globalSignificance type example of large silicic caldera volcanism ⓘ
hasPart Lake Taupō NERFINISHED ⓘ
hazardType caldera-forming eruptions ⓘ
explosive eruptions ⓘ
pyroclastic flows ⓘ
widespread tephra fall ⓘ
impact short-term regional climatic effects during major eruptions ⓘ
tephra deposits across much of New Zealand ⓘ
knownFor producing some of the most powerful explosive eruptions on Earth in the late Quaternary ⓘ
lastMajorEruption Taupō eruption NERFINISHED ⓘ
lastMajorEruptionDate about 232 CE ⓘ
lastMajorEruptionVEI 7 ⓘ
locatedIn North Island ⓘ
Taupō Volcanic Zone NERFINISHED ⓘ
central North Island ⓘ
monitoredBy GNS Science NERFINISHED ⓘ
GeoNet NERFINISHED ⓘ
near Taupō town NERFINISHED ⓘ
overlies Hikurangi subduction margin NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf Taupō Volcanic Zone NERFINISHED ⓘ
producedEruption Ōruanui eruption NERFINISHED ⓘ
region Waikato region NERFINISHED ⓘ
tectonicSetting back-arc basin ⓘ
subduction-related arc volcanism ⓘ
volcanoType rhyolitic caldera ⓘ
ŌruanuiEruptionAge about 25,400 years ago ⓘ
ŌruanuiEruptionMagnitude one of the largest known eruptions on Earth during the Quaternary ⓘ
ŌruanuiEruptionType supereruption ⓘ
ŌruanuiEruptionVEI 8 ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

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

Oruanui eruption of Taupō volcano → eruptionOf → Taupō volcano ⓘ
Oruanui eruption of Taupō volcano → partOf → Taupō volcano ⓘ
this entity surface form: Taupō Volcanic Centre
Oruanui eruption of Taupō volcano → created → Taupō volcano ⓘ
this entity surface form: Oruanui caldera
Taupō Volcanic Zone → contains → Taupō volcano ⓘ
this entity surface form: Taupō Caldera