Mesa Falls Tuff eruption

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The Mesa Falls Tuff eruption was a major explosive volcanic event in the Yellowstone region that produced extensive ash-flow deposits and helped shape an earlier phase of the Yellowstone volcanic system.

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Label Occurrences
Mesa Falls Tuff eruption canonical 3

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Statements (40)

Predicate Object
instanceOf volcanic eruption ⓘ
age Pleistocene ⓘ
approximateAgeInMillionsOfYears 1.3 ⓘ
associatedWith Island Park Caldera ⓘ
Yellowstone hotspot ⓘ
cause Yellowstone mantle plume ⓘ
chronologicalPhaseOf Yellowstone volcanic system ⓘ
linked to: Yellowstone Caldera
country United States ⓘ
depositName Mesa Falls Tuff ⓘ
depositType ash-flow tuff ⓘ
welded tuff ⓘ
eruptionStyle Plinian ⓘ
caldera-forming ⓘ
eruptionType ash-flow eruption ⓘ
eruptiveCenter Island Park Caldera area ⓘ
linked to: Island Park Caldera
formsPartOf Yellowstone Plateau volcanic field eruptive history ⓘ
hasConsequence landscape modification in Yellowstone region ⓘ
widespread tephra dispersal in western North America ⓘ
hasProduct Mesa Falls Tuff ⓘ
helpedShape earlier phase of the Yellowstone volcanic system ⓘ
location Island Park area ⓘ
Yellowstone region ⓘ
linked to: Yellowstone Caldera
magnitude large ⓘ
namedAfter Mesa Falls ⓘ
olderThan Lava Creek Tuff eruption ⓘ
partOf Yellowstone volcanic system ⓘ
linked to: Yellowstone Caldera
produced extensive ash-flow deposits ⓘ
ignimbrite ⓘ
region eastern Idaho ⓘ
northwestern Wyoming ⓘ
relatedHazard ash fall ⓘ
pyroclastic flows ⓘ
relatedProcess caldera collapse ⓘ
stratigraphicUnit Mesa Falls Tuff ⓘ
studyDiscipline igneous petrology ⓘ
volcanology ⓘ
tectonicSetting intraplate hotspot ⓘ
VEI 7 ⓘ
volcanicField Yellowstone Plateau volcanic field ⓘ
linked to: Yellowstone Plateau
youngerThan Huckleberry Ridge Tuff eruption ⓘ

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Referenced by (3)

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

Yellowstone Caldera → previousCalderaFormingEruption → Mesa Falls Tuff eruption ⓘ
Huckleberry Ridge Tuff eruption → followedBy → Mesa Falls Tuff eruption ⓘ
Lava Creek Tuff eruption → precededBy → Mesa Falls Tuff eruption ⓘ