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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 in Yellowstone National Park is a famous example of a caldera volcano. It has erupted catastrophically in the past, creating a large caldera that measures about 45 by 30 miles.
What kind of volcano is Yellowstone a composite cinder cone or a shield?
No. it is a caldera and s supervolcano. A shield volcano is characterized by basaltic lava and effusive eruptions with little to no explosive character. Yellowstone produces rhyolytic lava and extremely explosive eruptions.
What type of volcano volcano produced the caldera that covers most of Yellowstone Park?
supervolcano
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 type of volcano produced the caldera that covers most of Yellowstone Nation?
The Yellowstone volcano is usually called a supervolcano.
What volcano is an example of a caldera volcano?
Yellowstone Caldera in Yellowstone National Park is a famous example of a caldera volcano. It has erupted catastrophically in the past, creating a large caldera that measures about 45 by 30 miles.
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 type of volcano produced the caldera that covers most of Yellowstone National Park?
The Yellowstone volcano is usually called a supervolcano.
What kind of volcano is Yellowstone a composite cinder cone or a shield?
No. it is a caldera and s supervolcano. A shield volcano is characterized by basaltic lava and effusive eruptions with little to no explosive character. Yellowstone produces rhyolytic lava and extremely explosive eruptions.
What is Yellowstone's magma chamber named?
The Yellowstone caldera.
What is Magma injected into older rock?
That is known as an "intrusion". The magma (lava) is forced under pressure into cracks and fissures within the older rock. There are some good examples of this type of formation in Yellowstone caldera.
What type of volcano volcano produced the caldera that covers most of Yellowstone Park?
supervolcano
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.
