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What type of tectonic activity is responsible for the Yellowstone Caldera?
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∙ 15y ago
It's a supervolcano. It's not like a normal volcano because it happens because of a magma chamber underground. because of the volume of the chamber, the magnitude of the volcano is a lot bigger - VEI 8 on the Richter scale
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∙ 13y ago
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∙ 15y agoThe Yellowstone caldera is actually located over a 'hot spot' in the Earth's mantle. Over time, as the lithosphere (crust and hard uppermost mantle) moves over the fixed hot spot, the location of the caldera will change.
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∙ 16y agoOceanic plate subduction under continental plate.
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∙ 10y agoYellowstone is over a hot spot, where extra material rises throught he mantle. Some of this melts beneath the crust and rises toward the surface to produce volcanic activity.
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∙ 9y agoThe eruption that formed the Yellowstone Caldera was Ultra Plinian.
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What is the extinction level event of Yellowstone caldera?
An eruption of the Yellowstone caldera occurs it will likely be an extinction level event.
What type of volcano is under most of Yellowstone National Park?
The Yellowstone Caldera, also known as the Yellowstone Supervolcano, is a volcanic caldera and supervolcano estimated to be an area of about 34 X 45 miles (55 X 72 km).
What volcano is an example of a caldera volcano?
Yellowstone Caldera, Wyoming, USA
What famous caldera volcano is in Wyoming?
There is the Yellowstine Caldera in Yellowstone, Wyoming.
Is the Yosemite actually a super volcano?
Yellowstone National Park is a super volcano. Yellowstone is over a "hot spot" which is why there are geysers there. The hot spot blew millions of years ago leaving a caldera where the geysers are. Yellowstone is a volcano but do not go expecting an eruption unless you can wait a few million years.
How hot is the Yellowstone caldera?
Most of the Yellowstone Caldera is no hotter than you would expect from weather in that climate zone. The caldera does contain many hot springs, and geysers, some of which are hot enough to boil water.
Are all the features of Yellowstone located in a caldera?
No. Most of Yellowstone lies outside of the Yellowstone Caldera, though this caldera still takes up a large portion of the park. A larger portion of the park is in the older Island Park Caldera, which partly overlaps the Yellowstone Caldera. This still takes up a minority of the park.
Is the Yellowstone volcano named mount Smokey Bear?
No. For one thing, the Yellowstone volcano is not a mountain, it is a caldera. It is usually referred to as the Yellowstone caldera or the Yellowstone supervolcano.
What is Yellowstone's magma chamber named?
The Yellowstone caldera.
What plate boundary is associated with volcano Yellowstone caldera?
The Yellowstone caldera is associated with a hot spot, not a plate boundary.
What is the extinction level event of Yellowstone caldera?
An eruption of the Yellowstone caldera occurs it will likely be an extinction level event.
What type of volcano is under most of Yellowstone National Park?
The Yellowstone Caldera, also known as the Yellowstone Supervolcano, is a volcanic caldera and supervolcano estimated to be an area of about 34 X 45 miles (55 X 72 km).
What volcano is an example of a caldera volcano?
Yellowstone Caldera, Wyoming, USA
What famous caldera volcano is in Wyoming?
There is the Yellowstine Caldera in Yellowstone, Wyoming.
Does all of Yellowstone sit in the cladera?
No. Most of Yellowstone is outside of the caldera.
What is between Supervolcanoe and caldera in forces of nature in iAssociate 2?
Yellowstone Caldera
Were is the largest volcano and what is it called?
Yellowstone Caldera, Yellowstone National Park, USA
