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Q: When did scientists discover Yellowstone Park was a super-volcano?
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Is the Yellowstone supervolcano in a city?

No. It is in Yellowstone National Park. There are no cities in Yellowstone.


Is Supervolcano a word?

Yes. In fact, Yellowstone National Park is a supervolcano.


Does the Yellowstone National Park have volcanoes?

There is one supervolcano under Yellowstone.


How can we save Yellowstone Park's supervolcano from erupting?

There is nothing we can do.


What type of volcano produced the caldera that covers most of Yellowstone Park?

The caldera that covers most of Yellowstone Park was produced by a supervolcano. A supervolcano is an explosive volcano capable of producing an eruption with an ejecta volume greater than 1,000 cubic kilometers. The Yellowstone Caldera is one of the largest and most active supervolcanoes in the world.


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 type of volcano produced the caldera that covers most of Yellowstone National Park?

The Yellowstone volcano is usually called a supervolcano.


What type of volcano volcano produced the caldera that covers most of Yellowstone Park?

supervolcano


Why is rhyolite found in Yellowstone National Park?

Yellowstone is the site of a very large volcano that is often referred to as a supervolcano. Much of what it erupts is rhyolite.


What is under Yellowstone Park?

A few miles under Yellowstone is an enormous magma chamber associated with a supervolcano.


Are there any glaciers in Yellowstone park?

There aren't any glaciers in yellowstone park.


What does Yellowstone Volcano look like?

The Yellowstone volcano is actually a supervolcano, and is hidden under the rest of the park. So whenever you go and visit any part of Yellowstone, you are actually walking on top of the volcano itself.