A super eruption because the volcano underneath Yellowstone is a supervolcano. it is going to be a very very very very very very big eruption basicly you will die if it goes off so yeh run like hell!!!!!!
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.
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.
At Yellowstone, we see the caldera or what we call a supervolcano. The volcanic profile of Yellowstone in its past is one of a massive eruption that dwarfs anything we understand in current knowledge. Use the link below to the Wikipedia post on the supervolcano to learn more.
BIG!
The last super eruption was about 640,000 years ago while the last magmatic eruption was about 70,000 years ago. There is evidence of small steam explosions up to about 1,000 years ago.
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.
It can't. Although it is an active volcano, below is some information that may help you.Q: How imminent is an eruption of the Yellowstone Volcano?A: There is no evidence that a catastrophic eruption at Yellowstone National Park (YNP) is imminent. Current geologic activity at Yellowstone has remained relatively constant since earth scientists first started monitoring some 30 years ago. Though another caldera-forming eruption is theoretically possible, it is very unlikely to occur in the next thousand or even 10,000 years. Scientists have also found no indication of an imminent smaller eruption of lava.Q: Where would it be safe to be during an eruption?A: For the most likely type of volcanic eruption in Yellowstone, everywhere would be safe except in the immediate vicinity of the advancing lava flow. In the highly improbable event of a large catastrophic eruption, the greater the distance from the eruptive center, the safer it would be. It is impossible to know the effects of the eruption without guessing at the explosivity of the highly unlikely eruption and the total amount of the material erupted.
Yellowstone is naturally occurring. It is the result of a very large 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.
Yellowstone is the site of a very large volcano that is often referred to as a supervolcano. Much of what it erupts is rhyolite.
Yes, there have been pyroclastic flows associated with past eruptions of the Yellowstone Volcano. The most significant eruptions, such as the Lava Creek eruption about 640,000 years ago, produced extensive pyroclastic flows and ash deposits that spread over large areas. These clouds of hot gas, ash, and volcanic rock can be extremely hazardous, but the current state of Yellowstone is relatively stable, with no active pyroclastic activity.