Yellowstone Plateau Volcanic Field

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Yellowstone_Plateau_Volcanic_Field
GPTKB entity
Statements (29)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:volcanic_activity
gptkbp:age Pleistocene to Holocene
gptkbp:area about 2,500 km²
gptkbp:associatedWith gptkb:Snake_River_Plain
gptkbp:contains gptkb:Yellowstone_Caldera
gptkb:Huckleberry_Ridge_Tuff
gptkb:Lava_Creek_Tuff
gptkb:Mesa_Falls_Tuff
gptkbp:eruptiveHistory three major caldera-forming eruptions
gptkbp:firstEruption about 2.1 million years ago
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Yellowstone Plateau Volcanic Field
gptkbp:lastEruption approximately 70,000 years ago
gptkbp:locatedIn gptkb:United_States
gptkb:Wyoming
gptkb:Yellowstone_National_Park
gptkbp:mapType 325010
gptkbp:monitors gptkb:Yellowstone_Volcano_Observatory
gptkbp:notableFeature gptkb:hot_springs
geysers
hydrothermal features
gptkbp:parentGeologicalFeature gptkb:Yellowstone_hotspot
gptkbp:partOf gptkb:Yellowstone_Caldera
gptkbp:secondEruption about 1.3 million years ago
gptkbp:thirdEruption about 640,000 years ago
gptkbp:UNESCOWorldHeritageSite gptkb:Yellowstone_National_Park
gptkbp:volcanoType gptkb:volcanic_activity
caldera complex
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Yellowstone_Volcano
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6