Mesa Falls Tuff
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Template:Short description Template:Infobox eruption The Mesa Falls Tuff is a tuff formation produced by the Mesa Falls eruption that formed the Henry's Fork Caldera that is located in Idaho west of Yellowstone National Park.[1] It is the second most recent caldera forming eruption from the Yellowstone hotspot and ejected of Script error: No such module "convert". of material. This eruption, 1.3 million years BP, was preceded by the Huckleberry Ridge Tuff and succeeded by the Lava Creek Tuff, both of which were also formed by the Yellowstone hotspot.[2]
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- ↑ Christiansen, R.L., 2001, The Quaternary and Pliocene Yellowstone Plateau Volcanic Field of Wyoming, Idaho, and Montana: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 729-G, 145 p.
- ↑ Yellowstone Caldera, Wyoming
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