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The Yellowstone Plateau Volcanic Field, also known as the Yellowstone Supervolcano or the Yellowstone Volcano, is a complex volcano, volcanic plateau and volcanic field located mostly in the western U.S. state of Wyoming, but it also stretches into Idaho and Montana. [4] [5] It is a popular site for tourists. [6] Map of Yellowstone Volcano ash beds
The Lava Creek Tuff is a voluminous sheet of ash-flow tuff located in Wyoming, Montana and Idaho, United States. It was created during the Lava Creek eruption around 630,000 years ago, which led to the formation of the Yellowstone Caldera. This eruption is considered the climactic event of Yellowstone's third volcanic cycle.
Huckleberry Ridge ash bed The Huckleberry Ridge Tuff is a tuff formation created by the Huckleberry Ridge eruption that formed the Island Park Caldera that lies partially in Yellowstone National Park , Wyoming and stretches westward into Idaho into a region known as Island Park . [ 2 ]
Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, United States: Parent range: Rocky Mountains: Topo map: USGS Yellowstone National Park: Geology; Rock age: 2,100,000–70,000 years [3] Mountain type(s) Caldera [2] and supervolcano: Volcanic field: Yellowstone Plateau: Last eruption: Approximately 640,000 years ago (caldera-forming); 70,000 years ago (in the ...
The Yellowstone hotspot is a volcanic hotspot in the United States responsible for large scale volcanism in Idaho, Montana, Nevada, Oregon, and Wyoming, formed as the North American tectonic plate moved over it.
Volcanic fields of Wyoming (3 P) Volcanoes of Wyoming (2 C, 12 P) Y. Yellowstone Caldera (1 C, 7 P) Yellowstone hotspot (1 C, 19 P) Pages in category "Volcanism of ...
The volcanic ash that could have brought KML Flight 867 crashing into the Talkeetna Mountains traveled 150 miles from the erupting Redoubt Volcano, according to a USGS fact sheet.
The geology of Wyoming includes some of the oldest Archean rocks in North America, overlain by thick marine and terrestrial sediments formed during the Paleozoic, Mesozoic and Cenozoic, including oil, gas and coal deposits. Throughout its geologic history, Wyoming has been uplifted several times during the formation of the Rocky Mountains ...