MULTIPLE CHOICE Question 2 Some of Yellowstone's eruption are intense destructive events. When Yellowstone erupts, the ground above the magma chamber is no longer supported and it caves in on itself. What feature forms when a volcano caves in on itself? A geyser B с caldera fault
Yellow stone national park is located in western part of United States is rich in geology . It has active hotspots that cause volcanism in the region . Apart from the volcano , the place witness the earthquakes , majority of them are non detectable and few were highly destructive . Grand Canyon , lake , series of faults and folds , Geyser and Basalt rocks are geological features .
Volcanism in Yellowstone .
Majorly 3 volcanic eruption occured until Pleistocene .
- Eruption of Huckleberry Ridge tuff
- Eruption of Mesa falls tuff.
- Eruption of Lava creek tuff .
All the three have created big Calderas such as Henery Fork , Island park Calderas .
A Caldera is a depression on land caused when volcanic eruption occurs and lava flows out emptying the beneath magma chamber . As the chamber gets hollow the land above left unsupported and cracks up to fell down forming depression on land that later gets filled up water etc.
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