Snake River Plain volcanic fields

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The Snake River Plain volcanic fields are a series of extensive basaltic lava flows and volcanic features in Idaho that record the westward track of the Yellowstone hotspot across the Intermountain West.

All labels observed (7)

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf basaltic lava field ⓘ
volcanic field ⓘ
ageRange Miocene to Holocene ⓘ
associatedWith Columbia River Basalt Group ⓘ
Yellowstone Plateau volcanic field ⓘ
linked to: Yellowstone Caldera
contains Craters of the Moon lava field ⓘ
Craters of the Moon shield volcanoes ⓘ
Hell's Half Acre lava field ⓘ
Hells Half Acre shield volcano ⓘ
Kings Bowl lava field ⓘ
Shoshone lava field ⓘ
Wapi lava field ⓘ
cinder cones ⓘ
fissure eruptions ⓘ
lava tubes ⓘ
rift zones ⓘ
shield volcanoes ⓘ
spatter cones ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
dominantComposition mafic lava ⓘ
eruptionStyle effusive basaltic volcanism ⓘ
formedBy Yellowstone hotspot ⓘ
geologicalProvince Basin and Range Province ⓘ
Northern Rocky Mountains region ⓘ
governingBody United States Geological Survey ⓘ
hazardType basaltic lava flows ⓘ
lastEruptionApprox Holocene epoch ⓘ
locatedIn Idaho ⓘ
Snake River Plain ⓘ
United States ⓘ
monitoredBy United States Geological Survey ⓘ
Yellowstone Volcano Observatory ⓘ
notableFor extensive basaltic lava flows ⓘ
well-preserved Holocene lava fields ⓘ
oldestActivity Miocene ⓘ
orientation concave northward arcuate plain ⓘ
overlies North American craton margin ⓘ
partOf Intermountain West ⓘ
records westward track of the Yellowstone hotspot ⓘ
researchInterest hotspot track dynamics ⓘ
mantle plume–lithosphere interaction ⓘ
rockType basalt ⓘ
tectonicSetting extensional tectonic regime ⓘ
intraplate hotspot track ⓘ
trend northeast–southwest ⓘ
volcanicArcOrBelt Yellowstone hotspot track ⓘ
youngestActivity Holocene ⓘ

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Referenced by (9)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Intermountain West → contains → Snake River Plain volcanic fields ⓘ
Craters of the Moon National Monument and Preserve → volcanicProvince → Snake River Plain volcanic province ⓘ
linked to: Snake River Plain volcanic fields
Dry Falls → geology → Columbia River Basalt Group ⓘ
subject linked to: dry falls
linked to: Snake River Plain volcanic fields
Big Butte → mountainRange → Snake River Plain volcanic field ⓘ
linked to: Snake River Plain volcanic fields
Big Butte → formsPartOf → eastern Snake River Plain volcanic province ⓘ
linked to: Snake River Plain volcanic fields
Great Rift of Idaho → partOf → Snake River Plain volcanic province ⓘ
linked to: Snake River Plain volcanic fields
Henry’s Fork caldera rim → partOfVolcanicProvince → Snake River Plain–Yellowstone volcanic province ⓘ
linked to: Snake River Plain volcanic fields
Island Park Caldera → partOf → Snake River Plain–Yellowstone volcanic province ⓘ
linked to: Snake River Plain volcanic fields
Oregon–Idaho border near Boise → locatedInVolcanicProvince → Columbia Plateau volcanic province ⓘ
linked to: Snake River Plain volcanic fields