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Yellowstone volcano super-eruptions appear to involve multiple explosive events

Sott 18 May 2023
The last super-eruption at Yellowstone volcano, which occurred 631,000 years ago, was not one huge explosion ... the Huckleberry Ridge Tuff eruption, 2.1 million years ago; the Mesa Falls eruption, 1.3 ....
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Ashton to Island Park: 2.1 million years of Idaho’s volcanic history in 30 minutes

Longview News-Journal 27 Mar 2023
... Ridge Tuff from the Mesa Falls Tuff; 3 and 4, base of Mesa Falls Tuff composed of non-welded white and well-sorted crystal-rich ash; and 5, Mesa Falls Tuff pyroclastic density current deposits.
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Ashton to Island Park: 2.1M years of volcanic history in a 30-minute drive

Victoria Advocate 24 Mar 2023
The rocks you see along this part of the road are deposits from Yellowstone’s first two caldera-forming eruptions, the Huckleberry Ridge Tuff that erupted 2.08 million years ago, and the Mesa Falls Tuff that erupted 1.3 million years ago.
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