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The Yellowstone Caldera is the volcanic caldera in Yellowstone National Park in the United States. The caldera is located in the northwest corner of Wyoming, in which the vast majority of the park is contained. The major features of the caldera measure about 55 kilometers (34 mi) by 72 kilometers (45 mi) as determined by geological field work conducted by Bob Christiansen of the United States Geological Survey in the 1960s and 1970s. After a BBC television science program (Horizon) coined the term supervolcano in 2000, it has often been referred to as the Yellowstone Supervolcano.
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∙ 13y agoYes, the Yellowstone National Park DOES have a Supervolcanoe under it. It has been described as a "hot spot" and is called a "caldera". The tectonic plate above is moving westward, which leaves a path of geysers, volcanoes, and geothermic features in its wake.
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∙ 6y agoIt is called the Yellowstone Caldera (crater) or Yellowstone Supervolcano, and consists of a 1530-square-mile volcanic floor formed by three major eruptions, the last about 630,000 years ago. An underlying series of 4 overlapping calderas formed from magma that rapidly erupted after being heated by a deep mantle plume, over which the North American Plate has traveled for at least 18 million years. The eruptions have featured large basaltic lava floods in southern Idaho, including Yellowstone and the Snake River plain.
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∙ 11y agoYellowstone volcano is the world's largest super volcano.
It is the area beneath Yellowstone National Park.
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∙ 13y agoIt is in the northwest corner of Wyoming.
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What is a volcano in US?
The Yellowstone Supervolcano.
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 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 volcano produced the caldera that covers most of Yellowstone Park?
supervolcano
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.
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.
Is Yellowstone unstable enough to trigger a supervolcano?
Inevitably, the Yellowstone caldera will explode as a supervolcano. Whether that will happen soon is unlikely.
What is a volcano in US?
The Yellowstone Supervolcano.
Does the Yellowstone National Park have volcanoes?
There is one supervolcano under Yellowstone.
Is Yellowstone supervolcano a cone volcano?
No. It is a caldera.
How can we save Yellowstone Park's supervolcano from erupting?
There is nothing we can do.
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).
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 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 volcano is Yellowstone?
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.
What type of volcano produced the caldera that covers most of Yellowstone Nation?
The Yellowstone volcano is usually called a supervolcano.
