Wah Wah Springs Caldera
Wah Wah Springs Caldera is a supervolcanic eruption remnant discovered in 2013 in Utah. It emitted 5500 to 5900 km3 of tephra, as the Wah Wah Springs Tuff, about 30.06 million years ago in the early Oligocene. It is the largest of the Indian Peak-Caliente Caldera Complex, and includes flows over 500 m (1,640 feet) thick at the most. It is considered one of the largest single explosive eruptions known in Earth's history, and the second most energetic event to have occurred on the planet since the asteroid impact that caused the Cretaceous–Paleogene extinction event.[1][2]
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References
- ^ Best, Myron G.; Christiansen, Eric H.; Deino, Alan L.; Gromme, Sherman; Hart, Garret L.; Tingey, David G. (August 1, 2013). "The 36–18 Ma Indian Peak–Caliente ignimbrite field and calderas, southeastern Great Basin, USA: Multicyclic super-eruptions". Geosphere. 9 (4): 864–950. Bibcode:2013Geosp...9..864B. doi:10.1130/GES00902.1.
- ^ "Volcanic Explosivity Index: Measuring the size of an eruption". geology.com.
External links
- These Mega-Colossal Eruptions Dwarf The Yellowstone Supervolcano on YouTube by Science Time
- Supervolcano in Utah: Massive Ancient Volcano Discovered by BYU Geologists on YouTube by Brigham Young University
- Ancient Supervolcanoes Discovered in Utah and Nevada on YouTube by The Real MLordandGod
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