| Volcano Name: | Yellowstone | Smithsonian Inst ID (SI_VNUM): | 325010 |
| Alternate Name: |
Duck Lake Elk Butte Elliott's Crater Fern Lake Gibbon Hill Heart Lake Henrys Fork Indian Pond Island Park Lookout Butte Lower Geyser Basin Mallard Lake Mammoth Hot Springs Mary Bay Norris Geyser Basin Osborne Butte Pocket Basin Shoshone Geyser Basin Silver Lake Sour Creek Squaw Lake Turbid Lake Upper Geyser Basin Warm River Butte West Thumb White Mountain Hot Springs Willow Park Yellowstone Plateau |
Volcano Type: | Caldera(s) |
| Latitude: | 44.4333333300 | ||
| Longitude: | -110.6666667000 | ||
| Region: | Canada and Western USA | Sub Region: | USA (Wyoming) |
| Date Entered: | 02/05/2012 |
| Eruption Start Date: | 143000 BP | Date Error: | 5000 | |
| Eruption End Date: | Dating Technique: | Ar-Ar | ||
| Eruption Date Quality: | High quality | Preferred Date: | Y | |
| Bulk DRE Volume (km3): | ? 10.000 (Literature) | ||
| Bulk deposit volume (km3): | ? 23.000 (Calculated) | ||
| Magnitude : | 6.400 (Calculated) | ||
| Maximum VEI : | 6.000 (Literature) |
| Magma: | Rhyolite | ||
| Calculated Density: | |||
| Rock Classification: | |||
| Rhyolite |
| Eruption Start Date: | 176000 BP | Date Error: | 21000 | |
| Eruption End Date: | Dating Technique: | U-Th series | ||
| Eruption Date Quality: | High quality | Preferred Date: | Y | |
| Bulk DRE Volume (km3): | 22.000 (Calculated) | ||
| Bulk deposit volume (km3): | 50.000 (Literature) | ||
| Magnitude : | 6.700 (Calculated) | ||
| Maximum VEI : | 6.000 (Calculated) |
| Magma: | Rhyolite | ||
| Calculated Density: | |||
| Rock Classification: | |||
| Rhyolite |
| Eruption Start Date: | 631300 BP | Date Error: | 4300 | |
| Eruption End Date: | Dating Technique: | Ar-Ar | ||
| Eruption Date Quality: | Medium quality | Preferred Date: | Y | |
| Bulk DRE Volume (km3): | 900.000 (Literature) | ||
| Bulk deposit volume (km3): | >= 1000.000 (Literature) | ||
| Ignimbrite Deposit Volume : | 510.000 (Literature) | ||
| Magnitude : | 8.300 (Calculated) | ||
| Maximum VEI : | 8.000 (Literature) | ||
| Tephra fall Deposit Volume (km3): | 500.000 (Literature) |
| Magma: | Rhyolite | ||
| Calculated Density: | |||
| Rock Classification: | |||
| Rhyolite |
| Eruption Start Date: | 1270000 BP | Date Error: | ||
| Eruption End Date: | Dating Technique: | K Ar | ||
| Eruption Date Quality: | Low quality | Preferred Date: | Y | |
| Bulk DRE Volume (km3): | > 280.000 (Literature) | ||
| Bulk deposit volume (km3): | 300.000 (Literature) | ||
| Magnitude : | 7.800 (Literature) | ||
| Maximum VEI : | 7.000 (Literature) |
| Magma: | Rhyolite | ||
| Calculated Density: | |||
| Rock Classification: | |||
| Rhyolite |
| Eruption Start Date: | 2079400 BP | Date Error: | 4600 | |
| Eruption End Date: | Dating Technique: | Ar-Ar | ||
| Eruption Date Quality: | High quality | Preferred Date: | Y | |
| Bulk DRE Volume (km3): | 939.130 (Calculated) | ||
| Bulk deposit volume (km3): | 2160.000 (Literature) | ||
| Magnitude : | 8.300 (Calculated) | ||
| Maximum VEI : | 8.000 (Literature) |
| Magma: | Rhyolite | ||
| Calculated Density: | |||
| Rock Classification: | |||
| Rhyolite |
| Eruption Start Date: | 2113000 BP | Date Error: | 4000 | |
| Eruption End Date: | Dating Technique: | Ar-Ar | ||
| Eruption Date Quality: | Medium quality | Preferred Date: | Y | |
| Bulk DRE Volume (km3): | 126.090 (Calculated) | ||
| Bulk deposit volume (km3): | 290.000 (Literature) | ||
| Magnitude : | 7.500 (Calculated) | ||
| Maximum VEI : | 7.000 (Calculated) |
| Magma: | Rhyolite | ||
| Calculated Density: | |||
| Rock Classification: | |||
| Rhyolite |