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The over eruption of the Yellowstone volcano 2 million years ago lasted decades, researchers find. – The Washington Newsday
A super-eruption at Yellowstone volcano 2.1 million years ago occurred over decades, and not a single explosive event lasting hours or days, as researchers have…

A super-eruption at Yellowstone volcano 2.1 million years ago occurred over decades, and not a single explosive event lasting hours or days, as researchers have found out.
Volcanologist Colin Wilson of Victoria University of Wellington in New Zealand has analyzed the deposits of an ancient super-eruption at Yellowstone to understand exactly how magma and ash were ejected from the volcano.
Wilson’s work on the event that created the Huckleberry Ridge Tuff was published in the Caldera Chronicles,…
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