Lava Creek Tuff eruption

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The Lava Creek Tuff eruption was a massive supereruption at Yellowstone about 640,000 years ago that created the current Yellowstone Caldera and deposited extensive volcanic ash across much of North America.

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instanceOf supereruption ⓘ
ashDistribution much of North America ⓘ
associatedWith Lava Creek Tuff member of Yellowstone Group ⓘ
calderaDiameter approximately 45 by 75 kilometers ⓘ
cause Yellowstone mantle plume activity ⓘ
created current Yellowstone Caldera outline ⓘ
depositType ignimbrite ⓘ
welded tuff ⓘ
erupted Lava Creek Tuff ⓘ
eruptionSequence third major caldera-forming eruption of Yellowstone hotspot in last 2.1 million years ⓘ
eruptionStyle ignimbrite-forming pyroclastic flows ⓘ
plinian ⓘ
eruptionType caldera-forming eruption ⓘ
formed Yellowstone Caldera ⓘ
geologicAge Late Pleistocene ⓘ
hazardType ash fall ⓘ
caldera collapse ⓘ
pyroclastic flows ⓘ
impact major reshaping of Yellowstone Plateau topography ⓘ
widespread tephra layer in continental sedimentary records ⓘ
location United States ⓘ
Wyoming ⓘ
Yellowstone National Park ⓘ
magnitude supervolcanic ⓘ
partOf Yellowstone volcanic system ⓘ
linked to: Yellowstone Caldera
precededBy Huckleberry Ridge Tuff eruption ⓘ
Mesa Falls Tuff eruption ⓘ
produced extensive volcanic ash fall deposits ⓘ
relatedProcess crustal magma chamber evacuation ⓘ
resultedIn long-lived hydrothermal system at Yellowstone ⓘ
post-caldera rhyolitic lava flows within Yellowstone Caldera ⓘ
significance one of the largest Quaternary eruptions in North America ⓘ
studiedBy United States Geological Survey ⓘ
Yellowstone Volcano Observatory ⓘ
tephraCorrelation marker bed in Pleistocene stratigraphy of North America ⓘ
time about 640,000 years ago ⓘ
VEI 8 ⓘ
volcanicField Yellowstone Plateau volcanic field ⓘ
linked to: Yellowstone Plateau
volcanicProvince Yellowstone hotspot ⓘ

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Yellowstone Caldera → previousCalderaFormingEruption → Lava Creek Tuff eruption ⓘ
Huckleberry Ridge Tuff eruption → followedBy → Lava Creek Tuff eruption ⓘ
Mesa Falls Tuff eruption → olderThan → Lava Creek Tuff eruption ⓘ
Lava Creek Tuff eruption → erupted → Lava Creek Tuff ⓘ
linked to: Lava Creek Tuff eruption
Lava Creek Tuff eruption → associatedWith → Lava Creek Tuff member of Yellowstone Group ⓘ
linked to: Lava Creek Tuff eruption