Huckleberry Ridge Tuff eruption

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The Huckleberry Ridge Tuff eruption was an enormous supereruption of the Yellowstone hotspot about 2.1 million years ago, producing vast ash deposits and helping form one of the largest known calderas on Earth.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Yellowstone hotspot eruption ⓘ
supereruption ⓘ
associatedWith Yellowstone hotspot mantle plume ⓘ
continental hotspot volcanism ⓘ
composition rhyolitic ⓘ
continent North America ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
depositExtent widespread ash deposits across western and central North America ⓘ
depositType intracaldera tuff ⓘ
outflow sheets ⓘ
eruptionOf Yellowstone Plateau volcanic field ⓘ
linked to: Yellowstone Caldera

Yellowstone hotspot ⓘ
eruptionStyle caldera-forming ⓘ
plinian ⓘ
ultra-plinian ⓘ
fieldOfStudy Quaternary geology ⓘ
hazard assessment of supereruptions ⓘ
igneous petrology ⓘ
volcanology ⓘ
followedBy Lava Creek Tuff eruption ⓘ
Mesa Falls Tuff eruption ⓘ
geologicAge Quaternary ⓘ
early Pleistocene ⓘ
helpedForm Huckleberry Ridge caldera ⓘ
linked to: Island Park Caldera

Yellowstone caldera complex ⓘ
linked to: Yellowstone Caldera

one of the largest known calderas on Earth ⓘ
location United States ⓘ
northwestern Wyoming ⓘ
present-day Yellowstone region ⓘ
magnitude supereruption-scale ⓘ
namedAfter Huckleberry Ridge Tuff ⓘ
partOf Yellowstone Plateau volcanic field eruptive history ⓘ
Yellowstone hotspot track ⓘ
Yellowstone volcanic system ⓘ
linked to: Yellowstone Caldera
precededBy older Snake River Plain hotspot eruptions ⓘ
produced Huckleberry Ridge Tuff ⓘ
ash-fall deposits ⓘ
ash-flow deposits ⓘ
ignimbrite ⓘ
volcanic ash ⓘ
welded tuff ⓘ
producedVolume more than 2,000 cubic kilometers of material ⓘ
over 600 cubic miles of material ⓘ
significance first of three major Quaternary Yellowstone supereruptions ⓘ
key event in development of Yellowstone Plateau volcanic field ⓘ
one of the largest known explosive eruptions on Earth ⓘ
time about 2.1 million years ago ⓘ
VEI 8 ⓘ

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Yellowstone Caldera → previousCalderaFormingEruption → Huckleberry Ridge Tuff eruption ⓘ
Huckleberry Ridge Tuff eruption → namedAfter → Huckleberry Ridge Tuff ⓘ
linked to: Huckleberry Ridge Tuff eruption
Huckleberry Ridge Tuff eruption → produced → Huckleberry Ridge Tuff ⓘ
linked to: Huckleberry Ridge Tuff eruption
Mesa Falls Tuff eruption → youngerThan → Huckleberry Ridge Tuff eruption ⓘ
Lava Creek Tuff eruption → precededBy → Huckleberry Ridge Tuff eruption ⓘ