Transcript Yellowstone Supervolcanox

Warm-Up
1. How large would the eruption be?
2. What affects would it have?
Yellowstone Super Volcano
Stratovolcano
Mt. Fuji
Mount Etna
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Caldera Volcano
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Cause/Formation of a
supervolcano...
Map of Yellowstone
and its Caldera
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NORRIS BASIN: This is the hottest part of the OLD FAITHFUL:
Releases about 5,000
park, constantly changing from seismic and
gallons of water; temps at
hydrothermal activity.
the vent reach 204oF; lasts
about 2 minutes, erupts
every 1.5 hours & averages
a height of 130 ft.
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Yellowstone Magma Chamber
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Hot Spots around the World
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Last THREE Eruptions of the
Yellowstone Hot Spot
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Comparing Yellowstone
to other Historic Eruptions
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Ash Fall from
Yellowstone’s
TWO Biggest
Eruptions
compared to
Mt. St. Helens
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Locations of Super Volcanoes...
USA – Yellowstone,Wyoming;
Long Valley, California;
Longridge, Oregon
Even Ancient ones in
Glencoe, Scotland &
Scafell in Lake District!
Siberia, Russia
Kyushu,
Japan
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Toba, Sumatra, Indonesia
New Zealand
Volcanic Winter
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Toba
compared to
more Recent
Eruptions
Are the Rockies thick enough to
bottle up the Hot Spot?
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