Neapolitan Yellow Tuff eruption

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The Neapolitan Yellow Tuff eruption was a major explosive volcanic event in the Campi Flegrei (Phlegraean Fields) near Naples, Italy, that produced extensive tuff deposits and significantly shaped the region’s geology and landscape.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf ignimbrite-forming eruption ⓘ
volcanic eruption ⓘ
associatedWithStructure Campi Flegrei caldera ⓘ
caused major caldera collapse at Campi Flegrei ⓘ
classifiedAs super-eruption candidate in some studies ⓘ
eruptionOf Campi Flegrei ⓘ
formsSubstrateOf Campi Flegrei coastal areas ⓘ
large parts of the city of Naples ⓘ
hasAge Late Pleistocene ⓘ
hasAlternativeName NYT eruption ⓘ
Neapolitan Yellow Tuff event ⓘ
hasApproximateAge about 15,000 years before present ⓘ
hasDepositThickness tens of meters in proximal areas ⓘ
hasDistribution present in subsurface of Naples urban area ⓘ
widespread around the Bay of Naples ⓘ
hasImpact long-term volcanic hazard in the Naples area ⓘ
regional environmental change ⓘ
hasMagnitude large ⓘ
hasRockType phonolitic-trachytic pyroclastics ⓘ
tuff ⓘ
hasVolcanicStyle Plinian ⓘ
caldera collapse ⓘ
phreatomagmatic ⓘ
isKeyEventFor evolution of Campi Flegrei caldera ⓘ
geological framework of the Bay of Naples ⓘ
locatedIn Campi Flegrei ⓘ
locatedInCountry Italy ⓘ
locatedInRegion Campania ⓘ
locatedNear Naples ⓘ
partOf Phlegraean Fields volcanic district ⓘ
volcanic history of Campi Flegrei ⓘ
produced Neapolitan Yellow Tuff ⓘ
ash fall deposits ⓘ
ignimbrite sheets ⓘ
pumice fall deposits ⓘ
welded tuff ⓘ
widespread pyroclastic deposits ⓘ
shaped landscape of Campi Flegrei ⓘ
regional geomorphology around Naples ⓘ
subsurface stratigraphy beneath Naples ⓘ
studiedInDiscipline hazard assessment ⓘ
stratigraphy ⓘ
volcanology ⓘ

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Phlegraean Fields volcanic system → hasEruption → Neapolitan Yellow Tuff eruption ⓘ
Neapolitan Yellow Tuff eruption → hasAlternativeName → Neapolitan Yellow Tuff event ⓘ
linked to: Neapolitan Yellow Tuff eruption