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From: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_volcanism_on_Earth
This timeline of volcanism on Earth includes a list of major volcanic eruptions of approximately at least magnitude 6 on the Volcanic explosivity index (VEI) or equivalent sulfur dioxide emission during the Quaternary period (from 2.58 Mya to the present). Other volcanic eruptions are also listed.
Some eruptions cooled the global climate—inducing a volcanic winter—depending on the amount of sulfur dioxide emitted and the magnitude of the eruption.[1][2] Before the present Holocene epoch, the criteria are less strict because of scarce data availability, partly since later eruptions have destroyed the evidence. Only some eruptions before the Neogene period (from 23 Mya to 2.58 Mya) are listed. Known large eruptions after the Paleogene period (from 66 Mya to 23 Mya) are listed, especially those relating to the Yellowstone hotspot, Santorini caldera, and the Taupō Volcanic Zone.
Active volcanoes such as Stromboli, Mount Etna and Kīlauea do not appear on this list, but some back-arc basin volcanoes that generated calderas do appear. Some dangerous volcanoes in “populated areas” appear many times: Santorini six times, and Yellowstone hotspot 21 times. The Bismarck volcanic arc, New Britain, and the Taupō Volcanic Zone, New Zealand, appear often too.
In addition to the events listed below, there are many examples of eruptions in the Holocene on the Kamchatka Peninsula,[3] which are described in a supplemental table by Peter Ward.[4]
Large Quaternary eruptions
The Holocene epoch begins 11,700 years BP (10,000 14C years ago).[5]
1000–2000 AD
- Pinatubo, island of Luzon, Philippines; 1991, June 15; VEI 6; 6 to 16 km3 (1.4 to 3.8 cu mi) of tephra;[6] an estimated 20,000,000 tonnes (22,000,000 short tons) of SO
2 were emitted[2] - Novarupta, Alaska Peninsula; 1912, June 6; VEI 6; 13 to 15 km3 (3.1 to 3.6 cu mi) of lava[7][8][9]
- Santa Maria, Guatemala; 1902, October 24; VEI 6; 20 km3 (4.8 cu mi) of tephra[10]
- Krakatoa, Indonesia; 1883, August 26–27; VEI 6; 21 km3 (5.0 cu mi) of tephra[11]
- Mount Tambora, Lesser Sunda Islands, Indonesia; 1815, Apr 10; VEI 7; 160–213 km3 (38–51 cu mi) of tephra;[12][6] an estimated 200,000,000 t (220,000,000 short tons) of SO
2 were emitted, produced the “Year Without a Summer“[13] - 1808 mystery eruption, VEI 6–7; discovered from ice cores in the 1980s.[14][15][16]
- Grímsvötn, Northeastern Iceland; 1783–1785; Laki; 1783–1784; VEI 2; 14 km3 (3.4 cu mi) of lava, an estimated 120,000,000 t (130,000,000 short tons) of SO
2 were emitted, produced a Volcanic winter, 1783, on the North Hemisphere.[17][18] - Long Island (Papua New Guinea), Northeast of New Guinea; 1660 ±20; VEI 6; 30 km3 (7.2 cu mi) of tephra[6]
- Huaynaputina, Peru; 1600, February 19; VEI 6; 30 km3 (7.2 cu mi) of tephra[19]
- Billy Mitchell, Bougainville Island, Papua New Guinea; 1580 ±20; VEI 6; 14 km3 (3.4 cu mi) of tephra[6]
- Bárðarbunga, Northeastern Iceland; 1477; VEI 6; 10 cubic kilometres (2.4 cu mi) of tephra[6]
- 1465 mystery eruption “the location of this eruption is uncertain, as it has only been identified from distant ice core records and atmospheric events around the time of King Alfonso II of Naples‘s wedding; it is believed to have been VEI 7 and possibly even larger than Mount Tambora‘s in 1815.[20][21]
- 1452/1453 mystery eruption in the New Hebrides arc, Vanuatu; the location of this eruption in the South Pacific is uncertain, as it has been identified from distant ice core records; the only pyroclastic flows are found at Kuwae; 36 to 96 km3 (8.6 to 23.0 cu mi) of tephra; 175,000,000–700,000,000 t (193,000,000–772,000,000 short tons) of sulfuric acid[22][23][24]
- 1280(?) in Quilotoa, Ecuador; VEI 6; 21 km3 (5.0 cu mi) of tephra[6]
- 1257 Samalas eruption, Rinjani volcanic complex, Lombok Island, Indonesia; 40 km3 (dense-rock equivalent) of tephra, Arctic and Antarctic Ice cores provide compelling evidence to link the ice core sulfate spike of 1258/1259 A.D. to this volcano.[25][26]
Overview of Common Era
This is a sortable summary of 27 major eruptions in the last 2000 years with VEI ≥6, implying an average of about 1.3 per century. The count does not include the notable VEI 5 eruptions of Mount St. Helens and Mount Vesuvius. Date uncertainties, tephra volumes, and references are also not included.
Caldera/ Eruption name | Volcanic arc/ belt or Subregion or Hotspot |
VEI | Date | Known/proposed consequences |
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Mount Pinatubo | Luzon Volcanic Arc | 6 | 1991, Jun 15 | Global temperature fell by 0.4 °C |
Novarupta | Aleutian Range | 6 | 1912, Jun 6 | |
Santa María | Central America Volcanic Arc | 6 | 1902, Oct 24 | |
Krakatoa | Sunda Arc | 6 | 1883, Aug 26–27 | At least 30,000 dead |
Mount Tambora | Lesser Sunda Islands | 7 | 1815, Apr 10 | Year Without a Summer (1816) |
1808 mystery eruption | Southwestern Pacific Ocean | 6 | 1808, Dec | A sulfate spike in ice cores |
Long Island (Papua New Guinea) | Bismarck Volcanic Arc | 6 | 1660 | |
Huaynaputina | Andes, Central Volcanic Zone | 6 | 1600, Feb 19 | Russian famine of 1601–1603 |
Billy Mitchell | Bougainville & Solomon Is. | 6 | 1580 | |
Bárðarbunga | Iceland | 6 | 1477 | |
1458 mystery eruption | unknown | 6-7 | 1458 | Possibly larger than Mount Tambora‘s |
1452/1453 mystery eruption | Unknown | 6-7 | 1452–53 | 2nd pulse[27] of Little Ice Age? |
Quilotoa | Andes, Northern Volcanic Zone | 6 | 1280 | |
Samalas (Mount Rinjani) | Lombok, Lesser Sunda Islands | 7 | 1257 | 1257 Samalas eruption, 1st pulse[28][29] of Little Ice Age? (c.1250) |
Baekdu Mountain/Tianchi eruption | China/ North Korea border | 7 | 946, Nov-947 | Limited regional climatic effects.[30] |
Ceboruco | Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt | 6 | 930 | |
Dakataua | Bismarck Volcanic Arc | 6 | 800 | |
Pago | Bismarck Volcanic Arc | 6 | 710 | |
Mount Churchill | eastern Alaska, USA | 6 | 700 | |
Rabaul caldera | Bismarck Volcanic Arc | 6 | 683 (est.) | |
Volcanic winter of 536 | Krakatoa | 6-7 | 535 | |
Ilopango | Central America Volcanic Arc | 6 | 450 | |
Ksudach | Kamchatka Peninsula | 6 | 240 | |
Taupō Caldera/Hatepe eruption | Taupō Volcano | 7 | 180 or 230 | Affected skies over Rome and China |
Mount Churchill | eastern Alaska, USA | 6 | 60 | |
Ambrym | New Hebrides Arc | 6 | 50 | |
Apoyeque | Central America Volcanic Arc | 6 | 50 BC (±100) |
Note: Caldera names tend to change over time. For example, Ōkataina Caldera, Haroharo Caldera, Haroharo volcanic complex, and Tarawera volcanic complex all had the same magma source in the Taupō Volcanic Zone. Yellowstone Caldera, Henry’s Fork Caldera, Island Park Caldera, Heise Volcanic Field all had Yellowstone hotspot as magma source.
Earlier Quaternary eruptions
2.588 ± 0.005 million years BP, the Quaternary period and Pleistocene epoch begin.
- Eifel hotspot, Laacher See, Vulkan Eifel, Germany; 12.9 ka; VEI 6; 6 cubic kilometers (1.4 cu mi) of tephra.[31][32][33][34]
- Emmons Lake Caldera (size: 11 x 18 km), Aleutian Range, 17 ka ±5; more than 50 km3 (12 cu mi) of tephra.[4]
- Lake Barrine, Atherton Tableland, North Queensland, Australia; was formed over 17 ka.
- Menengai, East African Rift, Kenya; 29 ka[6]
- Morne Diablotins, Commonwealth of Dominica; VEI 6; 30 ka (Grand Savanne Ignimbrite).[35]
- Phlegraean Fields, Italy; VEI 7; 40 ka (Campanian Ignimbrite eruption).
- Kurile Lake, Kamchatka Peninsula, Russia; Golygin eruption; about 41.5 ka; VEI 7[6]
- Maninjau Caldera (size: 20 x 8 km), West Sumatra; VEI 7; around 52 ka; 220 to 250 cubic kilometers (52.8 to 60.0 cu mi) of tephra.[36]
- Lake Toba (size: 100 x 30 km), Sumatra, Indonesia; VEI 8; 73 ka ±4; 2,500 to 3,000 cubic kilometers (599.8 to 719.7 cu mi) of tephra; probably six gigatons of sulfur dioxide were emitted (Youngest Toba Tuff).[2][37][38][39][40]
- Atitlán Caldera (size: 17 x 20 km), Guatemalan Highlands; Los Chocoyos eruption; formed in an eruption 84 ka; VEI 7; 300 km3 (72 cu mi) of tephra.[41]
- Mount Aso (size: 24 km wide), island of Kyūshū, Japan; 90 ka; last eruption was more than 600 cubic kilometers (144 cu mi) of tephra.[4][42]
- Sierra la Primavera volcanic complex (size: 11 km wide), Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico; 95 ka; 20 cubic kilometers (5 cu mi) of Tala Tuff.[4][43]
- Mount Aso (size: 24 km wide), island of Kyūshū, Japan; 120 ka; 80 km3 (19 cu mi) of tephra.[4]
- Mount Aso (size: 24 km wide), island of Kyūshū, Japan; 140 ka; 80 km3 (19 cu mi) of tephra.[4]
- Puy de Sancy, Massif Central, central France; it is part of an ancient stratovolcano which has been inactive for about 220,000 years.
- Emmons Lake Caldera (size: 11 x 18 km), Aleutian Range, 233 ka; more than 50 km3 (12 cu mi) of tephra.[4]
- Mount Aso (size: 24 km wide), island of Kyūshū, Japan; caldera formed as a result of four huge caldera eruptions; 270 ka; 80 cubic kilometers (19 cu mi) of tephra.[4]
- Uzon-Geyzernaya calderas (size: 9 x 18 km), Kamchatka Peninsula, Russia; 325–175 ka[44] 20 km3 (4.8 cu mi) of ignimbrite deposits.[45]
- Diamante Caldera–Maipo volcano complex (size: 20 x 16 km), Argentina-Chile; 450 ka; 450 cubic kilometers (108 cu mi) of tephra.[4][46]
- Yellowstone hotspot; Yellowstone Caldera (size: 45 x 85 km); 640 ka; VEI 8; more than 1,000 cubic kilometers (240 cu mi) of tephra (Lava Creek Tuff)[6]
- Three Sisters (Oregon), USA; Tumalo volcanic center; with eruptions from 600–700 to 170 ka years ago
- Uinkaret volcanic field, Arizona, USA; the Colorado River was dammed by lava flows multiple times from 725 to 100 ka.[47]
- Mono County, California, USA; Long Valley Caldera; 758.9 ka ±1.8; VEI 7; 600 cubic kilometers (144 cu mi) of Bishop Tuff.[4][48]
- Valles Caldera, New Mexico, USA; 1.25 Ma; VEI 7; around 600 cubic kilometers (144 cu mi) of the Tshirege Member (Upper Bandelier Tuff) eruption.[4][49][50][51]
- Sutter Buttes, Central Valley of California, USA; were formed over 1.5 Ma by a now-extinct volcano.
- Valles Caldera, New Mexico, USA; 1.61 Ma; VEI 7; over 500 cubic kilometers (120 cu mi) of the Otowi Member (Lower Bandelier Tuff) eruption.[51]
- Ebisutoge-Fukuda tephras, Japan; 1.75 Ma; 380 to 490 cubic kilometers (91.2 to 117.6 cu mi) of tephra.[4]
- Yellowstone hotspot; Island Park Caldera (size: 100 x 50 km); 2.1 Ma; VEI 8; 2,450 cubic kilometers (588 cu mi) of Huckleberry Ridge Tuff.[4][6]
- Cerro Galán (size: 32 km wide), Catamarca Province, northwestern Argentina; 2.2 Ma; VEI 8; 1,050 cubic kilometers (252 cu mi) of Cerro Galán Ignimbrite.[52]
Large Neogene eruptions
Pliocene eruptions
Approximately 5.332 million years BP, the Pliocene epoch begins. Most eruptions before the Quaternary period have an unknown VEI.
- Boring Lava Field, Boring, Oregon, USA; the zone became active at least 2.7 Ma, and has been extinct for about 300,000 years.[53]
- Norfolk Island, Australia; remnant of a basaltic volcano active around 2.3 to 3 Ma.[54]
- Pastos Grandes Caldera (size: 40 x 50 km), Altiplano-Puna volcanic complex, Bolivia; 2.9 Ma; VEI 7; more than 820 cubic kilometers (197 cu mi) of Pastos Grandes Ignimbrite.[55]
- Little Barrier Island, northeastern coast of New Zealand‘s North Island; it erupted from 1 million to 3 Ma.[56]
- Mount Kenya; a stratovolcano created approximately 3 Ma after the opening of the East African rift.[57]
- Pacana Caldera (size: 60 x 35 km), Altiplano-Puna Volcanic Complex, northern Chile; 4 Ma; VEI 8; 2,500 cubic kilometers (600 cu mi) of Atana Ignimbrite.[58]
- Frailes Plateau, Bolivia; 4 Ma; 620 cubic kilometers (149 cu mi) of Frailes Ignimbrite E.[4][59]
- Cerro Galán (size: 32 km wide), Catamarca Province, northwestern Argentina; 4.2 Ma; 510 cubic kilometers (122 cu mi) of Real Grande and Cueva Negra tephra.[4]
- Yellowstone hotspot, Heise volcanic field, Idaho; Kilgore Caldera (size: 80 x 60 km); VEI 8; 1,800 cubic kilometers (432 cu mi) of Kilgore Tuff; 4.45 Ma ±0.05.[4][60]
- Khari Khari Caldera, Frailes Plateau, Bolivia; 5 Ma; 470 cubic kilometers (113 cu mi) of tephra.[4]
Miocene eruptions
Approximately 23.03 million years BP, the Neogene period and Miocene epoch begin.
- Cerro Guacha, Bolivia; 5.6–5.8 Ma (Guacha ignimbrite).[61]
- Lord Howe Island, Australia; Mount Lidgbird and Mount Gower are both made of basalt rock, remnants of lava flows that once filled a large volcanic caldera 6.4 Ma.[62]
- Yellowstone hotspot, Heise volcanic field, Idaho; 5.51 Ma ±0.13 (Conant Creek Tuff).[60]
- Yellowstone hotspot, Heise volcanic field, Idaho; 5.6 Ma; 500 cubic kilometers (120 cu mi) of Blue Creek Tuff.[4]
- Cerro Panizos (size: 18 km wide), Altiplano-Puna Volcanic Complex, Bolivia; 6.1 Ma; 652 cubic kilometers (156 cu mi) of Panizos Ignimbrite.[4][63]
- Yellowstone hotspot, Heise volcanic field, Idaho; 6.27 Ma ±0.04 (Walcott Tuff).[60]
- Yellowstone hotspot, Heise volcanic field, Idaho; Blacktail Caldera (size: 100 x 60 km), Idaho; 6.62 Ma ±0.03; 1,500 cubic kilometers (360 cu mi) of Blacktail Tuff.[4][60]
- Pastos Grandes Caldera (size: 40 x 50 km), Altiplano-Puna Volcanic Complex, Bolivia; 8.3 Ma; 652 cubic kilometers (156 cu mi) of Sifon Ignimbrite.[4]
- Manus Island, Admiralty Islands, northern Papua New Guinea; 8–10 Ma
- Banks Peninsula, New Zealand; Akaroa erupted 9 Ma, Lyttelton erupted 12 Ma.[64]
- Mascarene Islands were formed in a series of undersea volcanic eruptions 8–10 Ma, as the African plate drifted over the Réunion hotspot.
- Yellowstone hotspot, Twin Fall volcanic field, Idaho; 8.6 to 10 Ma.[65]
- Yellowstone hotspot, Grey’s Landing Supereruption, Idaho; 8.72 Ma, 2,800 cubic kilometers (672 cu mi) of Grey’s Landing Ignimbrite.[66]
- Yellowstone hotspot, McMullen Supereruption, Idaho; 8.99 Ma, 1,700 cubic kilometers (408 cu mi) of volcanic material[66]
- Yellowstone hotspot, Picabo volcanic field, Idaho; 10.21 Ma ± 0.03 (Arbon Valley Tuff).[60]
- Mount Cargill, New Zealand; the last eruptive phase ended some 10 Ma. The center of the caldera is about Port Chalmers, the main port of the city of Dunedin. Much of the caldera is filled by Otago Harbour.[67][68][69]
- Yellowstone hotspot, Idaho; Bruneau-Jarbidge volcanic field; 10.0 to 12.5 Ma (Ashfall Fossil Beds eruption).[65]
- Anahim hotspot, British Columbia, Canada; has generated the Anahim Volcanic Belt over the last 13 million years.
- Yellowstone hotspot, Owyhee-Humboldt volcanic field, Nevada/ Oregon; around 12.8 to 13.9 Ma.[65][70]
- Tejeda Caldera, Gran Canaria, Spain; 13.9 Ma; the 80 km3 eruption produced a composite ignimbrite (P1) of rhyolite, trachyte and basaltic materials, with a thickness of 30 metres at 10 km from the caldera center[71]
- Gran Canaria shield basalt eruption, Spain; 14.5 to 14 Ma; 1,000 km3 of tholeiitic to alkali basalts[72]
- Campi Flegrei, Naples, Italy; 14.9 Ma; 79 cubic kilometers (19 cu mi) of Neapolitan Yellow Tuff.[4]
- Huaylillas Ignimbrite, Bolivia, southern Peru, northern Chile; 15 Ma ±1; 1,100 cubic kilometers (264 cu mi) of tephra.[4]
- Yellowstone hotspot, McDermitt volcanic field (North), Trout Creek Mountains, Whitehorse Caldera (size: 15 km wide), Oregon; 15 Ma; 40 cubic kilometers (10 cu mi) of Whitehorse Creek Tuff.[4][73]
- Yellowstone hotspot (?), Lake Owyhee volcanic field; 15.0 to 15.5 Ma.[74]
- Yellowstone hotspot, McDermitt volcanic field (South), Jordan Meadow Caldera, (size: 10–15 km wide), Nevada/ Oregon; 15.6 Ma; 350 cubic kilometers (84 cu mi) Longridge Tuff member 2–3.[4][65][73][75]
- Yellowstone hotspot, McDermitt volcanic field (South), Longridge Caldera, (size: 33 km wide), Nevada/ Oregon; 15.6 Ma; 400 cubic kilometers (96 cu mi) Longridge Tuff member 5.[4][65][73][75]
- Yellowstone hotspot, McDermitt volcanic field (South), Calavera Caldera, (size: 17 km wide), Nevada/ Oregon; 15.7 Ma; 300 cubic kilometers (72 cu mi) of Double H Tuff.[4][65][73][75]
- Yellowstone hotspot, McDermitt volcanic field (South), Hoppin Peaks Caldera, 16 Ma; Hoppin Peaks Tuff.[76]
- Yellowstone hotspot, McDermitt volcanic field (North), Trout Creek Mountains, Pueblo Caldera (size: 20 x 10 km), Oregon; 15.8 Ma; 40 cubic kilometers (10 cu mi) of Trout Creek Mountains Tuff.[4][73][76]
- Yellowstone hotspot, McDermitt volcanic field (South), Washburn Caldera, (size: 30 x 25 km wide), Nevada/ Oregon; 16.548 Ma; 250 cubic kilometers (60 cu mi) of Oregon Canyon Tuff.[4][73][75]
- Yellowstone hotspot (?), Northwest Nevada volcanic field (NWNV), Virgin Valley, High Rock, Hog Ranch, and unnamed calderas; West of Pine Forest Range, Nevada; 15.5 to 16.5 Ma.[77]
- Yellowstone hotspot, Steens and Columbia River flood basalts, Pueblo, Steens, and Malheur Gorge-region, Pueblo Mountains, Steens Mountain, Washington, Oregon, and Idaho, USA; most vigorous eruptions were from 14 to 17 Ma; 180,000 cubic kilometers (43,184 cu mi) of lava.[4][78][79][80][81][82][83][84]
- Mount Lindesay (New South Wales), Australia; is part of the remnants of the Nandewar extinct volcano that ceased activity about 17 Ma after 4 million years of activity.
- Oxaya Ignimbrites, northern Chile (around 18°S); 19 Ma; 3,000 cubic kilometers (720 cu mi) of tephra.[4]
- Pemberton Volcanic Belt was erupting about 21 to 22 Ma.[85]
Volcanism before the Neogene
- Paleogene ends 23 million years ago.
- The formation of the Chilcotin Group basalts occurs between 10–6 million years ago.
- The formation of the Columbia River Basalt Group occurs between 17 and 6 million years ago.
- La Garita Caldera erupts in the Wheeler Geologic Area, Central Colorado volcanic field, Colorado, USA, eruption several VEI 8 events (Possibly as high as a VEI 9), 5,000 cubic kilometers (1,200 cu mi) of Fish Canyon Tuff was blasted out in a single, major eruption about 27.8 million years ago.[52][86][87]
- Unknown source in Ethiopia erupts 29 million years ago with at least 3,000 cubic kilometers (720 cu mi) of Green Tuff and SAM.[4]
- Sam Ignimbrite in Yemen forms 29.5 million years ago, at least 5,550 cubic kilometers (1,332 cu mi) of distal tuffs associated with the ignimbrites.[88]
- Jabal Kura’a Ignimbrite in Yemen forms 29.6million years ago, at least 3,700 cubic kilometers (888 cu mi) of distal tuffs associated with the ignimbrites.[88]
- The Ethiopian Highlands flood basalt begins 30 million years ago
- About 33.9 million ago, the Oligocene epoch of the Paleogene period begins
- The Mid-Tertiary ignimbrite flare-up begins 40 million years ago and lasts until 25 million years ago.
- Bennett Lake Volcanic Complex erupts 50 million years ago with a VEI 7 850 cubic kilometers (204 cu mi) of tephra.[89]
- Canary hotspot is believed to have first appeared about 60 million years ago.
- Formation of the Brito-Arctic province begins 61 million years ago
- Réunion hotspot, Deccan Traps, India, formed between 60 and 68 million years ago which are thought to have played a role in the Cretaceous–Paleogene extinction event.
- The Louisville hotspot has produced the Louisville Ridge, it is active for at least 80 million years. It may have originated the Ontong Java Plateau around 120 million years ago.
- Hawaii hotspot, Meiji Seamount is the oldest extant seamount in the Hawaiian-Emperor seamount chain, with an estimated age of 82 million years.
- The Kerguelen Plateau begins forming 110 million years ago.
- The Rahjamal Traps form from 117 to 116 million years ago.
- The Ontong Java Plateau forms from 125 to 120 million years ago
- Paraná and Etendeka traps, Brazil, Namibia and Angola form 128 to 138 million years ago. 132 million years ago, a possible supervolcanic eruption occurred, ejecting 8,600 cubic kilometers (2,063 cu mi).[90]
- Formation of the Karoo-Ferrar flood basalts begins 183 million years ago.
- The flood basalts of the Central Atlantic magmatic province are thought to have contributed to the Triassic–Jurassic extinction event about 199 million years ago.
- The Siberian Traps are thought to have played a significant role in the Permian–Triassic extinction event 252 million years ago.
- Formation of the Emeishan Traps began 260 million years ago.
- The Late Devonian extinction occurs about 374 million years ago.
- The Ordovician–Silurian extinction event occurs between 450 and 440 million years ago.
- Glen Coe, Scotland; VEI 8; 420 million years ago
- Scafells, Lake District, England; VEI 8; Ordovician (488.3–443.7 million years ago).
- Flat Landing Brook; VEI 8, A Supervolcanic eruption occurred 466 million years ago, as it erupted in one of the largest explosive volcanic eruptions known in Earth’s history with a volume of ejecta at around 2,000–12,000 cubic kilometers (480–2,879 cu mi).
- The Phanerozoic eon begins 539 million years ago.[91]
- Midcontinent Rift System of North America begins forming 1,000 million years ago.
- Mackenzie Large Igneous Province forms 1,270 million years ago.
- Mistassini dike swarm and Matachewan dike swarm form 2,500 million years ago.
- Blake River Megacaldera Complex forms 2,704–2,707 million years ago.[92]
- Approximately 2,500 million years ago, the Proterozoic eon of the Precambrian period begins
- About 3,800 million years ago, the Archean eon of the Precambrian period begins
Notes
- The Mackenzie Large Igneous Province contains the largest and best-preserved continental flood basalt terrain on Earth.[93] The Mackenzie dike swarm throughout the Mackenzie Large Igneous Province is also the largest dike swarm on Earth, covering an area of 2,700,000 km2 (1,000,000 sq mi).[94]
- The Bachelor (27.4 Ma), San Luis (27–26.8 Ma), and Creede (26 Ma) calderas partially overlap each other and are nested within the large La Garita (27.6 Ma) caldera, forming the central caldera cluster of the San Juan volcanic field, Wheeler Geologic Area, La Garita Wilderness. Creede, Colorado and San Luis Peak (Continental Divide of the Americas) are nearby. North Pass Caldera is northeastern the San Juan Mountains, North Pass. The Platoro volcanic complex lies southeastern of the central caldera cluster. The center of the western San Juan caldera cluster lies just west of Lake City, Colorado.
- The Rio Grande rift includes the San Juan volcanic field, the Valles Caldera, the Potrillo volcanic field, and the Socorro-Magdalena magmatic system.[95] The Socorro Magma Body is uplifting the surface at approximately 2 mm/year.[96][97]
- The southwestern Nevada volcanic field, or Yucca Mountain volcanic field, includes: Stonewall Mountain caldera complex, Black Mountain Caldera, Silent Canyon Caldera, Timber Mountain – Oasis Valley caldera complex, Crater Flat Group, and Yucca Mountain. Towns nearby: Beatty, Mercury, Goldfield.[98] It is aligned as a Crater Flat volcanic field, Réveille Range, Lunar Crater volcanic field, Zone (CFLC).[99] The Marysvale Volcanic Field, southwestern Utah is nearby too.
- McDermitt volcanic field, or Orevada rift volcanic field, Nevada/ Oregon, nearby are: McDermitt, Trout Creek Mountains, Bilk Creek Mountains, Steens Mountain, Jordan Meadow Mountain (6,816 ft), Long Ridge, Trout Creek, and Whitehorse Creek.
- Emmons Lake stratovolcano (caldera size: 11 x 18 km), Aleutian Range, was formed through six eruptions. Mount Emmons, Mount Hague, and Double Crater are post-caldera cones.[6]
- The topography of the Basin and Range Province is a result of crustal extension within this part of the North American Plate (rifting of the North American craton or Laurentia from Western North America; e.g. Gulf of California, Rio Grande rift, Oregon-Idaho graben). The crust here has been stretched up to 100% of its original width.[100] In fact, the crust underneath the Basin and Range, especially under the Great Basin (includes Nevada), is some of the thinnest in the world.
- Topographically visible calderas: South part of the McDermitt volcanic field (four overlapping and nested calderas), West of McDermitt; Cochetopa Park Caldera, West of the North Pass; Henry’s Fork Caldera; Banks Peninsula, New Zealand (Photo) and Valles Caldera. Newer drawings show McDermitt volcanic field (South), as five overlapping and nested calderas. Hoppin Peaks Caldera is included too.
- Repose periods: Toba (0.38 Ma),[39] Valles Caldera (0.35 Ma),[101][102] Yellowstone Caldera (0.7 Ma).[103]
- Kiloannum (ka), is a unit of time equal to one thousand years. Megaannum (Ma), is a unit of time equal to one million years, one can assume that “ago” is implied.
Volcanic explosivity index (VEI)
VEI | Tephra Volume (cubic kilometers) |
Example |
---|---|---|
0 | Effusive | Masaya Volcano, Nicaragua, 1570 |
1 | >0.00001 | Poás Volcano, Costa Rica, 1991 |
2 | >0.001 | Mount Ruapehu, New Zealand, 1971 |
3 | >0.01 | Nevado del Ruiz, Colombia, 1985 |
4 | >0.1 | Eyjafjallajökull, Iceland, 2010 |
5 | >1 | Mount St. Helens, United States, 1980 |
6 | >10 | Mount Pinatubo, Philippines, 1991 |
7 | >100 | Mount Tambora, Indonesia, 1815 |
8 | >1000 | Yellowstone Caldera, United States, Pleistocene |
Volcanic dimming
The global dimming through volcanism (ash aerosol and sulfur dioxide) is quite independent of the eruption VEI.[104][105][106] When sulfur dioxide (boiling point at standard state: -10 °C) reacts with water vapor, it creates sulfate ions (the precursors to sulfuric acid), which are very reflective; ash aerosol on the other hand absorbs ultraviolet.[107] Global cooling through volcanism is the sum of the influence of the global dimming and the influence of the high albedo of the deposited ash layer.[108] The lower snow line and its higher albedo might prolong this cooling period.[109] Bipolar comparison showed six sulfate events: Tambora (1815), Cosigüina (1835), Krakatoa (1883), Agung (1963), and El Chichón (1982), and the 1808 mystery eruption.[110] And the atmospheric transmission of direct solar radiation data from the Mauna Loa Observatory (MLO), Hawaii (19°32’N) detected only five eruptions:[111]
- June 11, 2009, Sarychev Peak (?), Kuril Islands, 400 tons of tephra, VEI 4
- June 12–15, 1991 (eruptive climax), Mount Pinatubo, Philippines, 11,000 ±0.5 tons of tephra, VEI 6
- Global cooling: 0.5 °C,[112] 15°08′0″N 120°21′0″E
- March 28, 1982, El Chichón, Mexico, 2,300 tons of tephra, VEI 5
- October 10, 1974, Volcán de Fuego, Guatemala, 400 tons of tephra, VEI 4
- February 18, 1963, Mount Agung, Lesser Sunda Islands, 100 tons of lava, more than 1,000 tons of tephra, VEI 5
- Northern Hemisphere cooling: 0.3 °C,[113]8°20′30″S 115°30′30″E
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From: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_large_volcanic_eruptions
VEI | Volcano/complex | Volcanic arc/belt, subregion, or hotspot |
Material volume (km³) | Age in Ka[1] | Tephra or eruption name |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
6 | Lolobau Island | Bismarck Volcanic Arc | 50 | 12 | caldera formation |
6 | Menengai | Great Rift Valley, Kenya | < 25 | 12.3 | Ruplax Tuff |
6 | Nevado de Toluca | Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt | 20 | 12.5 | Upper Toluca Pumice |
6 | Sakurajima | Kyūshū | 11 | 12.8 | Sakurajima-Satsuma Tuff |
6 | Laacher See | Eifel hotspot | 20 | 12.9 | |
6 | Nigorigawa | Hokkaidō | 10.9 | 14.6 | |
6 | Phlegraean Fields | Campanian volcanic arc | 79 | 14.9 | Neapolitan Yellow Tuff |
6 | Maly Semyachik | Kamchatka | 17.5 | 15 | |
6 | Towada | Honshū | 56 | 15.6 | eruption episode L |
7 | Phlegraean Fields | Campanian volcanic arc | Unknown | 15.7 | |
5 | Mount Vesuvius | Campanian volcanic arc | 1.3 | 19.3 | Green Pumice |
7 | Long Island, PNG | Bismarck Volcanic Arc | 100 | 19.3 | Kiau Ignimbrite |
7 | Zavaritzki Caldera | Simushir, Kuril Islands | 200 | 20 | |
6 | Rabaul | Bismarck Volcanic Arc | >10 | 21 | Kulau Ignimbrite |
6 | Menengai | Great Rift Valley, Kenya | 26.1 | 21 | Caldera formation 2 |
6 | Cape Riva Caldera, Santorini | South Aegean Volcanic Arc | >20 | 21.8 | Cape Riva |
5 | Mount Vesuvius | Campanian volcanic arc | 1.9 | 22 | Basal Pumice |
6 | Mount Katmai | SW Alaska, Aleutian Arc | ⩾10 | 22.8 | Late Pleistocene rhyodacite pumice fall and ignimbrite |
8 | Taupō Volcano | Taupō Volcanic Zone | 1170 | 26.5 | Oruanui eruption[a] |
6 | Morne Diablotins | Dominica, Lesser Antilles island arc | 14 | 26.6 | Grand Savanne Ignimbrite |
? | Laguna Caldera | Luzon Volcanic Arc | Unknown | 27-29 | |
5 | Mount Vesuvius | Campanian volcanic arc | 2.2 | 28.6 | Codola Pumice |
6 | Phlegraean Fields | Campanian volcanic arc | ≥10 | 29.1 | Y3 |
6 | Emmons Lake caldera | SW Alaska, Aleutian Arc | 50 | 29.3 | Dawson Tephra |
6 | Nemrut yanardağı | Turkey | 65.4 | 29.7 | |
7-8 | Aira Caldera | Kyūshū | 940 – 1,040[2] | 30[3] | Ito Ignimbrite |
6 | Nemo Peak | Onekotan, Kuril Islands | 10 | 30.8 | Nemo III |
6 | Shiveluch | Kamchatka | >30 | 32.2 | caldera formation |
6 | Volcán Los Azufres | Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt | 11 | 32.8 | Cieneguillas Ignimbrite |
6 | Morne Trois Pitons | Dominica, Lesser Antilles island arc | 58 | 33.3 | Roseau Tuff/Ignimbrite |
7 | Lake Ranau | Sunda Arc, Sumatra | 150 | 33.6 | Ranau Tuff |
6 | Nemo Peak | Onekotan, Kuril Islands | 31.3 | 34 | Nemo II |
6 | Mount Batur | Sunda Arc, Bali | 84 | 34.6 | Ubud Ignimbrite |
6 | Ksudach | Kamchatka | 25 | 35 | Caldera II |
6 | Lake Mashū | Hokkaidō | 10 | 35.3[4] | Nu-p |
6 | Menengai | Great Rift Valley, Kenya | 26.1 | 35.6 | Menengai Tuff |
6 | Towada | Honshū | 46 | 36 | eruption episode N |
6 | Lake Mashū | Hokkaidō | 10 | 38.3[4] | Nu-r |
7 | Gorely | Kamchatka | 120 | 39 | Southern sea cliffs |
7 | Kussharo | Hokkaidō | 170 | 39.3 | Kp-1, Kutcharo Shoro Ash |
7 | Phlegraean Fields | Campanian volcanic arc | 430 – 680 | 39.9 | Campanian Ignimbrite Eruption |
5 | Galeras | Andes, Northern Volcanic Zone | Unknown | 40 | |
6 | Ksudach | Kamchatka | 40 | 40 | Caldera I |
6 | Ugashik-Peulik | SW Alaska, Aleutian Arc | 30 | 40 | Caldera formation |
6? | Ulleung | South Korea | 10? | 40[3] | Ulleungdo-Yamato tephra |
6 | Irosin Caldera | Bicol–Leyte Volcanic Arc | 70 | 41 | Irosin Ignimbrites |
6 | Qualibou | Saint Lucia, Lesser Antilles island arc | 11 | 42.3 | Choiseul Tuff |
6 | Mount St. Helens | Cascade Volcanic Arc | 10.3 | 42.5 | C (Cs, Cy, Cm, Cw, Ct) (Ape Canyon) |
6 | Kuttara | Hokkaidō | 14.4 DRE[4] | 43[6] | Kt-1 |
7 | Uzon-Geyzernaya calderas | Kamchatka | 150 | 43.6 | Uzon ignimbrite – northern field |
6 | Golovnin | Kunashir, Kuril Islands | 15 | 43.7 | Kn III-5 Tephra |
6 | Mount Akagi | Honshū | 25.9 | 44 | Akagi-Kanuma pumice |
6 | Mendeleev | Kunashir, Kuril Islands | 60 | 44.5 | caldera formation |
7 | Opala | Kamchatka | 225 | 44.5 | caldera formation |
5-6 | Naruko | Honshū | 5 – 10[4] | 45 | Yanagisawa Tuff |
7 | Nemo Peak | Onekotan, Kuril Islands | >115 | 45 | Nemo I |
6 | Smith Island | Izu–Bonin–Mariana Arc | 49 | 45 | |
7 | Shikotsu | Hokkaidō | 350 – 390[7] | 46 | caldera formation |
50 to 99KA
VEI | Volcano/complex | Volcanic arc/belt, subregion, or hotspot |
Material volume (km³) | Age in Ka[8] | Tephra or eruption name |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
6 | Kuttara | Hokkaidō | 10.2 DRE | 50 | Kt-2 |
7 | Ōkataina Volcanic Complex | Taupō Volcanic Zone | Unknown | 50 | Rotoiti Ignimbrite |
6 | Phlegraean Fields | Campanian volcanic arc | 13.1 | 51 | Santa Lucia Tephra |
7 | Lake Maninjau | Sunda Arc, Sumatra | 235 | 52 | Maninjau paroxysmal welded and unwelded tuffs |
6 | Mount Kujū | Kyūshū | 12[9] | 53.5 | Kuju-Handa pyroclastic flow (Kj-Hd), Kuju-1 Pumice (Kj-P1) |
6 | Skaros Caldera, Santorini | South Aegean Volcanic Arc | 13.75 | 54 | Upper Scoriae 2 |
6 | Kuttara | Hokkaidō | 20.1 DRE | 50 – 60 | Kt-3 |
6 | Ischia | Campanian volcanic arc | ≥ 10 | 56 | X2 |
6 | Ischia | Campanian volcanic arc | 40 | 56 | Monte Epomeo Green Tuff |
6 | Daisen | Honshū | 40 | 59.6[3] | Daisen-Kurayoshi Pumice |
6 | Shikotsu | Hokkaidō | 50 | 60 | Shadai eruption |
6 | Towada | Honshū | 10 | 61 | eruption episode Q |
6 | Newberry Volcano | Cascade Volcanic Arc | > 12.5 | 62.5 | Olema tephra, Paulina tephra |
6 | Hakone | Honshū | 20 | 66 | Hakone-Tokyo Pumice |
6 | Akademia Nauk | Kamchatka | 12.5 | 69.4 | Odnoboky O2 tuffs |
6 | Los Humeros | Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt | 37 | 69 | Zaragoza Tuff |
6 | Los Humeros | Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt | 24 | 70 | Faby Tuff |
6 | Pico do Fogo | Cape Verde | 73 | ||
5-6 | Naruko | Honshū | 5 – 10 | 73 | Nisaka Tuff |
8 | Lake Toba Caldera | Sunda Arc, Sumatra | 2800 (DRE) – 13,200[10] | 74 | Youngest Toba Tuff[b] |
6 | Barrier Volcano | Great Rift Valley, Kenya | 10 | 74 | caldera formation |
6 | Kuttara | Hokkaidō | > 11 DRE | 75 | Kt-4 |
6 | Phlegraean Fields | Campanian volcanic arc | 12.35 | 80 | CA-1a Tephra |
6 | Bolshoy Semyachik | Kamchatka | 42 | 80 | Bol’shoi Semiachik Caldera II |
6 | Hakone | Honshū | 10 | 80 | Hakone-Obaradai Pumice |
7? | Mount Pinatubo | Luzon Volcanic Arc | 25 | 81 | Inararo Tuff |
6 | Etna | Campanian volcanic arc | 10 | 82.8 | X4; I-7 |
7-8 | Lago de Atitlán | Central America Volcanic Arc, Guatemala | 300 | 84 | Los Chocoyos eruption |
6 | Kuttara | Hokkaidō | 16.8 DRE | 84 | Kt-6 |
6 | Kussharo | Hokkaidō | 25 | 85 | Kp-2/3 |
6 | Kuttara | Hokkaidō | 10.8 DRE | 84 – 87 | Kt-7 |
7-8 | Mount Aso | Kyūshū | 930 – 1,860[2] | 87 | Aso-4 Ignimbrite |
6 | Kuttara | Hokkaidō | 9.9 DRE | 87 – 106 | Kt-8 |
100 to 299KA
VEI | Volcano/complex | Volcanic arc/belt, subregion, or hotspot |
Material volume (km³) | Age in Ka[12] | Tephra or eruption name |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
7 | Kikai Caldera | Ryukyu Islands | Unknown | 100 | Tozurahara eruption |
6 | Sierra la Primavera | Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt | 90 | 100 | Tala Tuff |
6 | Skaros Caldera, Santorini | South Aegean Volcanic Arc | 14 | 100 | Middle Pumice |
6 | Ontake | Honshū | 50 | 100 | Ontake-1 Pumice |
6 | Rabaul | Bismarck Volcanic Arc | 10? | 100 | Boroi Ignimbrites |
6 | Rabaul | Bismarck Volcanic Arc | 10? | 100 | Malaguna Pyroclastics |
7 | Ata Caldera | Kyūshū | 350 | 100[3] | Ata pyroclastic deposits |
6 | Sanbe | Honshū | 20 | 105 | Sanbe-Kisuki pumice |
6 | Tangkuban Perahu | Sunda Arc, Java | ≥ 10 | 105 | Sunda Caldera |
7 | Lake Tōya | Hokkaidō | 230 – 310[2] | 106 | |
6 | Santo Antão | Cape Verde | 10.33 | 106 | Cão Grande I |
6 | Phlegraean Fields | Campanian volcanic arc | ≥ 10 | 106.2 | X5 |
6 | Phlegraean Fields | Campanian volcanic arc | ≥ 10 | 108.9 | X6 |
7 | Kussharo | Hokkaidō | 175 | 117.5 | Kp-4, Kutcharo Haboro Ash |
7 | Emmons Lake caldera | SW Alaska, Aleutian Arc | 220 | 124 | Old Craw Tephra |
7 | Mount Aso | Kyūshū | > 150 | 130 | Aso-3 Ignimbrite |
6 | Mount Aso | Kyūshū | 50 | 141 | Aso-2 Ignimbrite |
6 | Yellowstone Caldera | Yellowstone hotspot | 23? | 143 | Cold Mountain Creek Tuff |
7 | Calabozos | Andes, Southern Volcanic Zone | Unknown | 150 | Loma Seca Tuff-Unit S |
5 | Galeras | Andes, Northern Volcanic Zone | Unknown | 150 | |
7 | Kos-Nisyros Caldera | South Aegean Volcanic Arc | 110 | 161 | Kos Plateau Tuff |
7 | Los Humeros | Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt | 290 DRE[13] | 164 | Xáltipan Ignimbrite |
7 | Lake Akan | Hokkaidō | 56.8 (DRE) | 175 | AK-2 |
6 | Yellowstone Caldera | Yellowstone hotspot | 50 | 176 | Bluff Point Tuff |
7 | Southern Caldera, Santorini | South Aegean Volcanic Arc | Unknown | 180 | |
7 | Awasa Caldera | Main Ethiopian Rift | 103.5 | 182.3 | |
7 | Phlegraean Fields | Campanian volcanic arc | Unknown | 205 | |
7 | Rotorua Caldera | Taupō Volcanic Zone | Unknown | 230 | Mamaku Ignimbrite |
7 | Maroa Caldera | Taupō Volcanic Zone | Unknown | 230 | Ohakuri Ignimbrite |
7 | Reporoa Caldera | Taupō Volcanic Zone | Unknown | 230 | Kaingaroa Ignimbrite |
7 | Ata Caldera | Kyūshū | > 150 | 240 | Torihama eruption |
7 | Kapenga Caldera | Taupō Volcanic Zone | Unknown | 240 | Ohakui Ignimbrite |
7 | O’a Caldera | Ethiopia | 276 | 240 | Qi3 Pumice |
8 | Maroa Caldera | Taupō Volcanic Zone | Unknown | 254 | Whakamaru Ignimbrite |
6 | Mount Aso | Kyūshū | Unknown | 266 | Aso-1 Ignimbrite |
6 | Uzon-Geyzernaya calderas | Kamchatka | 46 | 278 | Uzon ignimbrite – southern field |
7 | Haroharo Caldera | Taupō Volcanic Zone | Unknown | 280 | Matahina Ignimbrite |
7 | Kapenga Caldera | Taupō Volcanic Zone | Unknown | 280 | Pakai Ignimbrite |
7 | Lake Maninjau | Sunda Arc, Sumatra | 175 | 280 |
300 to 999KA
VEI | Volcano/complex | Volcanic arc/belt, subregion, or hotspot |
Material volume (km³) | Age in Ka[14] | Tephra or eruption name |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
7 | Calabozos | Andes, Southern Volcanic Zone | Unknown | 300 | Loma Seca Tuff-Unit V |
7 | Kapenga Caldera | Taupō Volcanic Zone | Unknown | 300 | Chimpanzee Ignimbrite |
7 | Vulsini | Campanian volcanic arc | 460 | 300 | Bolsena Caldera |
7 | Phlegraean Fields | Campanian volcanic arc | Unknown | 320 | |
7 | Kakutō Caldera | Kyūshū | Unknown | 321 | Kakuto Ignimbrite |
7? | Suiendani | Honshū | Unknown | 370 | Okuhida Pyroclastics |
7 | Lake Bracciano | Lazio, Italy | > 200 | 370 | Mophi Tephra |
6 | Roccamonfina Caldera | Campanian volcanic arc | Unknown | 390 | |
6-7 | Medvezhia | Iturup, Kuril Islands | 90 | 410 | Medvezhia Ignimbrite |
7 | Toussidé | Tibesti Mountains | 150 | 430 | Yirrigué Ignimbrite |
7 | Pauzhetka Caldera | Kamchatka | 375 | 440 | Golygin Ignimbrite |
7 | Tumalo | Oregon | Unknown | 440 | Tumalo tuff |
7 | Aira Caldera | Kyūshū | Unknown | 450 | Oda Ignimbrite |
7 | Diamante Caldera | Andes, Southern Volcanic Zone | Unknown | 450 | |
7 | Aira Caldera | Kyūshū | Unknown | 500 | Yoshino Ignimbrite |
7 | Toba Caldera | Sunda Arc, Sumatra | 138 | 500 | Middle Toba Tuff |
7 | Kobayashi Caldera | Kyūshū | Unknown | 520 | Kobayashi Ignimbrite |
6 | Galeras | Andes, Northern Volcanic Zone | Unknown | 560 | |
7 | Mount Kirishima | Kyūshū | Unknown | 580 | Hiwaki Ignimbrite |
6? | Hōhi Volcanic Zone | Kyūshū | Unknown | 600 | Yufugawa Ignimbrite |
6 | Mount Lassen | Cascade Volcanic Arc | > 75 | 610 | Rockland Caldera formation |
8 | Yellowstone Plateau Volcanic Field | Yellowstone hotspot | ⩾ 1,000 | 631 | Lava Creek Tuff |
7 | Acatlán Volcanic Field | Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt | 150 | 650 | Acatlán Ignimbrite |
7 | Hōhi Volcanic Zone | Kyūshū | Unknown | 650 | Seiganji-Toga Tephra |
7 | Kamitakara | Honshū | Unknown | 650 | |
7 | Kapenga Caldera | Taupō Volcanic Zone | Unknown | 680 | Matahana A |
7 | Kapenga Caldera | Taupō Volcanic Zone | Unknown | 710 | Waiotapu Ignimbrite |
7 | Long Valley Caldera | Eastern California | 790 | 760 | Bishop Tuff |
7 | Kapenga Caldera | Taupō Volcanic Zone | Unknown | 830 | Matahana B |
7 | Calabozos | Andes, Southern Volcanic Zone | Unknown | 840 | Loma Seca Tuff-Unit L |
8 | Lake Toba Caldera | Sunda Arc, Sumatra | 5,290[10] | 840 | Toba Tuff |
7 | Shishimuta Caldera | Kyūshū | Unknown | 870 | Imaichi Ignimbrite |
7 | Tondano Caldera | North Sulawesi, Sulawesi | 600 – 950 | 870 | |
7 | Mangakino Caldera | Taupō Volcanic Zone | Unknown | 950 | Marshall Ignimbrite |
7 | Mangakino Caldera | Taupō Volcanic Zone | Unknown | 970 | Unit E |
1 to 9.9MA
10MA and older
VEI | Volcano/complex | Volcanic arc/belt, subregion, or hotspot |
Material volume (km³) | Age in Ma[19] | Tephra or eruption name | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
? | Picabo volcanic field | Yellowstone hotspot | Unknown | 10 – 10.2 | Arbon Valley Tuffs | |
7-8 | Bruneau-Jarbidge caldera | Yellowstone hotspot |
950
|
10 – 12.5 | Ashfall Fossil Beds eruption | |
7 | Timber Mountain caldera complex | Southwest Nevada volcanic field | Unknown | 11.45 | Timber Mountain Tuff – Ammonia Tanks member | |
8 | Timber Mountain caldera complex | Southwest Nevada volcanic field | Unknown | 11.6 | Timber Mountain Tuff – Rainer Mesa member | |
8 | Paintbrush Caldera | Southwest Nevada volcanic field | Unknown | 12.7 | Paintbrush Tuff – Topopah Spring member | |
8 | Paintbrush Caldera | Southwest Nevada volcanic field | Unknown | 12.8 | Paintbrush Tuff – Tiva Canyon member | |
7 | Mount Sobo | Kyūshū | Unknown | 12.8 | ||
? | Owyhee-Humboldt volcanic field | Yellowstone hotspot | Unknown | 13.9-12.8 | ||
7 | Mount Katamuki | Kyūshū | Unknown | 13 | ||
7 | Silent Canyon caldera complex | Southwest Nevada volcanic field | Unknown | 13 | Belted Range Tuff | |
7 | Crater Flat Group | Southwest Nevada volcanic field | Unknown | 13.25 | Crater Flat Tuff, Bullfrog member | |
7 | Shitara Caldera | Honshū | Unknown | 15.1-13.1 | ||
8 | Ōdai Caldera | Honshū | Unknown | 13.7 | Murō Ignimbrite | |
8 | Mount Ōkue | Kyūshū | Unknown | 13.7 | Okueyama volcano-plutonic complex | |
7 | Mount Ishizuchi | Shikoku | Unknown | 14 | ||
8 | Kumano Caldera | Honshū | Unknown | 14.4 | Kumano Acidic rocks | |
8 | Source unknown | Andes, Central Volcanic Zone |
1100
|
15 | Huaylillas Ignimbrite | |
7 | McDermitt volcanic field, North | Yellowstone hotspot | Unknown | 15 | Whitehorse Creek Tuff | |
? | Lake Owyhee volcanic field | Yellowstone hotspot? | Unknown | 15.5-15 | ||
8 | Mount Osuzu | Kyūshū | Unknown | 15.1 | Osuzuyama volcano-plutonic complex | |
? | Northwest Nevada volcanic field | Yellowstone hotspot? | Unknown | 16.5-15.5 | ||
7 | McDermitt volcanic field, South | Yellowstone hotspot | Unknown | 15.6 | Longridge Tuff member 2-3 | |
7 | McDermitt volcanic field, South | Yellowstone hotspot | Unknown | 15.6 | Longridge Tuff member 5 | |
7 | McDermitt volcanic field, South | Yellowstone hotspot | Unknown | 15.7 | Double H Tuff | |
7 | McDermitt volcanic field, North | Yellowstone hotspot | Unknown | 15.8 | Trout Creek Mountains Tuff | |
? | McDermitt volcanic field, South | Yellowstone hotspot | Unknown | 16 | Hoppin Peaks Tuff | |
7 | McDermitt volcanic field, South | Yellowstone hotspot | Unknown | 16.5 | Oregon Canyon Tuff | |
8 | Oxaya Formation | Andes, Central Volcanic Zone |
3000
|
19 | Oxaya Ignimbrite | |
7 | Mount Belknap Caldera | Marysvale volcanic field | Unknown | 19 | Joe Lott member | |
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7 | Monroe Peak Caldera | Marysvale volcanic field | Unknown | 23 | Osiris Tuff | |
8 | La Garita Caldera | San Juan volcanic field |
5000
|
27.8 | Fish Canyon Tuff[c] | |
8? | Bachelor | San Juan volcanic field |
1000
|
28 | Carpenter Ridge Tuff | |
8 | San Juan | San Juan volcanic field | Unknown | 28 | Sapinero Mesa Tuff | |
8? | Uncompahgre | San Juan volcanic field |
1000
|
28.1 | Dillon & Sapinero Mesa Tuffs | |
8? | Platoro | San Juan volcanic field |
1000
|
28.2 | Chiquito Peak Tuff | |
8 | Bursum | Southern New Mexico | Unknown | 28.5 | Apache Springs Tuff | |
8 | White Rock Caldera | Indian Peak-Caliente Caldera Complex | Unknown | 29.2 | Lund Tuff | |
8 | Sana’a Ignimbrite | Afro-Arabian | Unknown | 29.5 | Tephra 2W63 | |
8 | Iftar Alkalb | Afro-Arabian | Unknown | 29.5 | Tephra 4 W | |
8 | Sam Ignimbrite | Yemen | Unknown | 29.5 | Green Tuff | |
8 | Jabal Kura’a Ignimbrite | Yemen | Unknown | 29.6 | ||
8 | Wah Wah Springs Caldera | Indian Peak-Caliente Caldera Complex |
5900
|
30.06 | Wah Wah Springs Tuff[d] | |
8 | Windows Butte Tuff | Central Nevada | Unknown | 33 | Windows Butte Tuff | |
8 | Emory Caldera | Southwestern New Mexico | Unknown | 34.9 | Kneeling Nun Tuff, City of Rocks State Park | |
8 | Mount Princeton | Thirtynine Mile volcanic area, Colorado | Unknown | 35.3 | Wall Mountain Tuff | |
7 | Bennett Lake Volcanic Complex | Skukum Group | Unknown | 50 | ||
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8 | Deccan Traps | West-central India | Unknown | 66 | This volcanic episode occurred about 300,000 years after the Chicxulub meteor impact, and may have been another contributing factor towards the extinction of the dinosaurs | |
8 | Source unknown | Honshū | Unknown | 70 | Noi Rhyolite | |
8 | Ontong-Java-Manihiki-Hikurangi Plateau | Southwestern Pacific Ocean, north of the Solomon Islands | Unknown | 121 | Existence as a single volcano is controversial. Possibly a volcanic chain. | |
8 | Guarapuava-Tamarana-Sarusas | Paraná and Etendeka traps | Unknown | 132 | Existence as a single volcano is controversial. Possibly a volcanic chain. | |
8 | Santa Maria Fria | Paraná and Etendeka traps | Unknown | 132 | Existence as a single volcano is controversial. Possibly a volcanic chain. | |
8 | Guarapuava-Ventura | Paraná and Etendeka traps | Unknown | 132 | Existence as a single volcano is controversial. Possibly a volcanic chain. | |
8 | High Island Caldera | Hong Kong | Unknown | 140 | ||
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8 | Ora Caldera | Southern Alps, Italy | Unknown | 277–274 | Ora Formation | |
7 | Altenberg–Teplice Caldera[20] | The Altenberg-Teplice Volcanic Complex | Unknown | 325-317[20] | Teplice Rhyolite intra-caldera deposits | |
8 | Cerberean Caldera | Rubicon Valley | Unknown | 374[21] | Cerberean Caldera now forms the northern part of the Marysville Igneous Complex in central Victoria at Lake Eildon National Park.[21][22] | |
8 | Glen Coe | Scotland | Unknown | 420[23] | ||
8 | Scafells | Lake District | Unknown | 450+[24] |
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Large volume volcanic eruptions in the Basin and Range Province include Basin and Range eruptions in Utah, California, Idaho, Colorado, New Mexico, Texas, Arizona, Nevada, Wyoming and Oregon, as well as those of the Long Valley Caldera geological province and the Yellowstone hotspot.
Volcanic fields
Some of the volcanic fields within the Basin and Range Province: Northwestern Nevada, the Modoc Plateau, Central Nevada, the Great Basin, Southwestern Nevada, the Mojave Desert, and the Long Valley Caldera region. Named ones include: Coso Volcanic Field, Mono Lake Volcanic Field, Marysvale Volcanic Field, San Juan volcanic field, Indian Peak, Central Colorado volcanic field, Jemez volcanic lineament, Mogollon-Datil volcanic field, Santa Rosa-Calico, and Boot Heel volcanic field.
Geological features
Many geological features in Western United States have a Northeastern orientation, the North American craton motion has the same orientation as well.[1] For example: the Trans-Challis fault zone, Idaho; the Snake River in Oregon; the Garlock Fault, California; the Colorado River in Utah; the Colorado Mineral Belt; Crater Flat–Reveille Range–Lunar Crater lineament, the Northwestern Nevada volcanic field; the San Juan caldera cluster, Colorado; the Socorro-Magdalena caldera cluster, New Mexico; Jemez volcanic lineament (Raton hotspot trail); and the Yellowstone hotspot trail. But the Yellowstone hotspot trail was modified through faults and extension.
Geology
Prior to the Eocene Epoch (55.8 ± 0.2 to 33.9 ± 0.1 Ma) the convergence rate of the Farallon and North American Plates was fast and the angle of subduction was shallow. During the Eocene the Farallon Plate subduction-associated compressive forces of the Laramide orogeny ended, plate interactions changed from orthogonal compression to oblique strike-slip, and volcanism in the Basin and Range Province flared up. It is suggested that this plate continued to be underthrust until about 19 Ma, at which time it was completely consumed and volcanic activity ceased, in part. Olivine basalt from the oceanic ridge erupted around 17 Ma and extension began.[2][3][4][5][6] The extension resulted in roughly north-south-trending faults, the Great Basin, the Walker trough, the Owens graben, and the Rio Grande rift, for instance.
List of large volume eruptions in the Basin and Range Province
The large volume eruptions in the Basin and Range Province include:
- Long Valley Caldera; Mono County, California, USA; 758.9 ± 1.8 ka; VEI 7; 600 km3 (140 cu mi) of Bishop Tuff.[7][8]
- Valles Caldera, New Mexico, USA; around 1.15 Ma; VEI 7; around 600 km3 (140 cu mi) of the Tshirege formation, Upper Bandelier eruption.[8][9][10]
- Valles Caldera, New Mexico, USA; around 1.47 Ma (Lower Bandelier eruption, the Otawi).[8][9][11][12]
- Yellowstone hotspot (?), Lake Owyhee volcanic fields; 15.0 to 15.5 Ma.[13]
- Yellowstone hotspot (?), Northwest Nevada volcanic field, Virgin Valley, High Rock, Hog Ranch, and unnamed calderas; West of the Pine Forest Range, Nevada; 15.5 to 16.5 Ma; Tuffs: Idaho Canyon, Ashdown, Summit Lake, and Soldier Meadow.[14][15][16][17][18]
- Columbia River Basalt Province: Yellowstone hotspot releases a huge pulse of volcanic activity, the first eruptions were near the Oregon-Idaho-Washington border. Columbia River and Steens flood basalts, Pueblo Mountains, Steens Mountain, Washington, Oregon, and Idaho; most vigorous eruptions were from 14 to 17 Ma.[8]
- Columbia River flood basalts, 175,000 km3 (42,000 cu mi)[19][20][21]
- Steens flood basalts, 65,000 km3 (16,000 cu mi)[19][22][23]
- Mount Belknap Caldera (17 km × 12 km (10.6 mi × 7.5 mi)), Marysvale Volcanic Field, southwestern Utah; 19 Ma; 150 km3 (36 cu mi) of tephra (Joe Lott member).[8][24]
- Big John Caldera (10 km × 6 km (6.2 mi × 3.7 mi)), Marysvale Volcanic Field, southwestern Utah; 22 Ma; 50 km3 (12 cu mi) of Delano Peak Tuff member.[8]
- Monroe Peak Caldera (20 km × 16 km (12.4 mi × 9.9 mi)), Marysvale Volcanic Field, southwestern Utah; 23 Ma; 200 km3 (48 cu mi) of Osiris Tuff.[8][24]
- Lake City calderas (20 km (12 mi) wide), San Juan volcanic field, Colorado; 23.1 Ma; 300 km3 (72 cu mi) of Sunshine Peak Tuff.[8][25][26]
- Turkey Creek Caldera (25 km (16 mi) wide), Chiricahua National Monument, Arizona; 25 Ma; 500 km3 (120 cu mi) of Rhyolite Canyon Formation.[8][27]
- Lake City calderas (25 km (16 mi) wide), San Juan volcanic field, Colorado; 25.9 Ma; 200 to 500 km3 (48 to 120 cu mi) of tephra.[8][28]
- Questa Caldera (15 km (9.3 mi) wide), Questa-Latir volcanic locus, Questa, New Mexico; 26 Ma, 400 km3 (96 cu mi) of Amalia Tuff.[8][24]
- Creede Caldera (24 km (15 mi) wide), San Juan Mountains, Wheeler Geologic Area, San Juan volcanic field, Colorado; 26.7 Ma; less than 500 km3 (120 cu mi) of Snowshoe Mountain Tuff.[28][29]
- San Luis caldera complex (18 km (11 mi) wide), Wheeler Geologic Area, San Juan volcanic field, Colorado; 26.8 Ma, 562 km3 (135 cu mi) of Nelson Mountain Tuff.[8][28]
- San Luis caldera complex (18 km (11 mi) wide), Wheeler Geologic Area, San Juan volcanic field, Colorado; 26.9 Ma, 250 km3 (60 cu mi) of Cebola Creek Tuff.[28]
- San Luis caldera complex (18 km (11 mi) wide), Wheeler Geologic Area, San Juan volcanic field, Colorado; 27 Ma, 150 km3 (36 cu mi) of Rat Creek Tuff.[8][28]
- Three Creeks Caldera (8 km (5.0 mi) wide), Marysvale Volcanic Field, Cove Fort-Sulphurdale area, southwestern Utah; 27 Ma; 100 to 200 km3 (24 to 48 cu mi) of Three Creeks Tuff Member of the Bullion Canyon Volcanics.[8][24]
- South River Caldera, Wheeler Geologic Area, San Juan volcanic field, Colorado; 27.1 Ma, more than 500 km3 (120 cu mi) of Wason Park Tuff.[8][28]
- Central San Juan Caldera (concealed), San Juan volcanic field, Colorado; 27.2 Ma, 250 km3 (60 cu mi) of Blue Creek Tuff.[8][28]
- Bachelor Caldera (20 km × 28 km (12 mi × 17 mi)), Wheeler Geologic Area, San Juan volcanic field, Colorado; 27.35 Ma; 1,200 km3 (290 cu mi) of Carpenter Ridge Tuff.[29]
- Silverton Caldera (20 km (12 mi) wide), San Juan volcanic field, Colorado; 27.6 Ma, 50 to 100 km3 (12 to 24 cu mi) of Crystal Lake Tuff.[8][28]
- La Garita Caldera (100 km × 35 km (62 mi × 22 mi)), Wheeler Geologic Area, San Juan volcanic field, Colorado; VEI 8; more than 5,000 km3 (1,200 cu mi) of Fish Canyon Tuff was blasted out in a major single eruption about 27.8 Ma.[29][30][31]
- San Juan Caldera (22 km × 24 km (14 mi × 15 mi)), San Juan volcanic field, Colorado; 28 Ma; more than 1,000 km3 (240 cu mi) of Sapinero Mesa Tuff.[8]
- Uncompahgre Caldera (23 km × 20 km (14 mi × 12 mi)), Uncompahgre National Forest, San Juan volcanic field, Colorado; 28.1 Ma; more than 1,000 km3 (240 cu mi) of Dillon/Sapinero Mesa Tuffs.[8][32]
- Lost Lake Caldera (10 km (6.2 mi) wide), San Juan volcanic field, Colorado; 28.2 Ma, 100 to 500 km3 (24 to 120 cu mi) of Blue Mesa Tuff.[8]
- Platoro calderas, San Juan volcanic field, Platoro, Conejos County, Colorado; 28.2 Ma; 1,000 km3 (240 cu mi) of Chiquito Peak Tuff.[8]
- Central San Juan Caldera (concealed), San Juan volcanic field, Colorado; 28.3 Ma; 500 km3 (120 cu mi) of Masonic Park Tuff.[8][28]
- Ute Creek Caldera, Central Colorado volcanic field, Colorado; 28.3 Ma; 500 km3 (120 cu mi) of Ute Ridge Tuff.[8][33]
Caldera name | State (volcanic field) | age | size |
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Black Mountain Caldera (18 km wide) | Nevada (SWNVF) | 7 Ma ±1 | 300 km3 (72 cu mi) of Thirsty Canyon Tuff.[8][24] |
Timber Mountain caldera complex (30 km × 25 km (19 mi × 16 mi)) | Nevada (SWNVF) | 11.45 Ma | 900 km3 (220 cu mi) of Timber Mountain Tuff – Ammonia Tanks member.[8][34] |
Timber Mountain caldera complex | Nevada (SWNVF) | 11.6 Ma | 1,200 km3 (290 cu mi) of Timber Mountain Tuff – Rainer Mesa member.[8][34] |
Paintbrush Caldera (20 km (12 mi) wide) | Nevada (SWNVF) | 12.7 Ma | 1,000 km3 (240 cu mi) of Paintbrush Tuff – Topopah Spring member.[8][34] |
Paintbrush Caldera | Nevada (SWNVF) | 12.8 Ma | 1,200 km3 (288 cu mi) of Paintbrush Tuff – Tiva Canyon member[8][34] |
Silent Canyon Caldera (20 km × 16 km (12.4 mi × 9.9 mi)) | Nevada (SWNVF) | 13 Ma | 200 km3 (48 cu mi).[8][24] |
Crater Flat Group | Nevada (SWNVF) | 13.25 Ma | 650 km3 (156 cu mi) of Belted Range Tuff[8] |
List of Rupelian calderas
The Rupelian age/stage (Paleogene period/system, Oligocene epoch/series) spans the time between 33.9 ±0.1 Ma and 28.4 ±0.1 Ma (million years ago).
- Bursum Caldera (size: 40 x 30 km), Mogollon-Datil volcanic field, New Mexico; 28.5 Ma ±0.5; 1,050 cubic kilometres (250 cu mi) of Bloodgood Canyon Tuff.[8][35]
- Bursum Caldera (size: 40 x 30 km), Mogollon-Datil volcanic field, New Mexico; 28.5 Ma ±0.5; 1,200 cubic kilometres (290 cu mi) of Apache Springs Tuff.[8][35]
- San Juan Caldera (size: 24 x 22 km), San Juan volcanic field, Colorado; 28.5 Ma; 900 cubic kilometres (220 cu mi) of tephra.[8][32]
- Summitville Caldera (size: 12 x 8 km), San Juan volcanic field, Colorado; 28.5 Ma; 100 to 500 cubic kilometers (24 to 120 cu mi) of Ojito Creek/ La Jadero Tuffs.[8][36][37]
- Mount Hope (size: 15 km), San Juan volcanic field, Colorado; 29 Ma; 500 cubic kilometres (120 cu mi) of Masonic Park Tuff.[8][25]
- Around White Rock caldera (size: 50 km North-South), White Rock Mountains, Great Basin, Nevada; 29.02 Ma ±0.04; 2,600 cubic kilometres (620 cu mi) of Lund Tuff.[8][38]
- Ute Creek (size: 8 km wide), San Juan volcanic field, Colorado; 29 Ma; 500 cubic kilometres (120 cu mi) of Ute Ridge Tuff.[8][25]
- Platoro calderas (size: 12 x 18 km), San Juan volcanic field, Platoro, Conejos County, Colorado; 29.5 Ma; 500 cubic kilometers (120 cu mi) of Black Mountain Tuff.[8][36][37]
- Indian Peak, Eastern Nevada; 29.5 Ma; more than 3,200 cubic kilometers (768 cu mi) of Wah Wah Springs Tuff.[8][39]
- Platoro calderas (size: 18 x 22 km), San Juan volcanic field, Platoro, Conejos County, Colorado; 30 Ma; 592 cubic kilometers (142 cu mi) of La Jara Canyon Tuff.[8][29][36]
- Goodsight-Cedar Hills volcano-tectonic depression (Bell Top Formation), south-central New Mexico; 30.5 Ma ±1.5, 295 cubic kilometres (71 cu mi) of tephra (Bell Top Formation).[8][40]
- William’s Ridge, Central Nevada; 31.4 Ma; 3,500 cubic kilometres (840 cu mi) of Windous Butte Tuff.[8][41]
- North Pass Caldera, Cochetopa Hills, Central Colorado volcanic field; 32.25 Ma; 400 to 500 cubic kilometers (96 to 120 cu mi) of Saguache Creek Tuff.[8][42]
- Organ Caldera (size: 16 km wide), Organ Mountains, New Mexico; 32 Ma, 500 cubic kilometres (120 cu mi) of Cueva Soledad Rhyolite.[8][40]
- Chinati Caldera (size: 30 x 20 km), Chinati Mountains, Texas; 32.5 Ma ±0.5, 1,000 cubic kilometres (240 cu mi) of Mitchel Mesa Rhyolite.[8][43]
- Bonanza (size: 12 km wide), Central Colorado volcanic field; Colorado; 32.5 Ma, more than 100 cubic kilometres (24 cu mi) of Bonanza Tuff.[8][44]
- Cowboy Rim (size: 26 x 18 km), Animas Mountains, Hidalgo County, New Mexico; 33 Ma, 500 cubic kilometres (120 cu mi) of Gillespie Tuff.[8][45]
- Emory Caldera (size: 25 x 55 km), Mogollon-Datil volcanic field, City of Rocks State Park; 33 Ma; VEI 8; 1,310 cubic kilometers (314 cu mi) of Kneeling Nun Tuff.[8][46][47][48][49]
- Socorro Caldera (size: 25 x 35 km), Rio Grande rift, Socorro, New Mexico; 33 Ma, 500 cubic kilometres (120 cu mi) of Hells Mesa Rhyolite.[8][29][50]
- Marshall Creek, Thirtynine Mile volcanic area, Central Colorado volcanic field; Colorado; 33.7 Ma; more than 100 cubic kilometres (24 cu mi) of Thorn Ranch Tuff.[8][51]
- Mount Aetna (size: 10 km wide), Central Colorado volcanic field; Colorado; 33.81 Ma, 100 cubic kilometres (24 cu mi) of Badger Creek Tuff.[8][52]
- Grizzly Peak Caldera (size: 12 km wide), Central Colorado volcanic field; Colorado; 34.31 Ma; 100 cubic kilometres (24 cu mi) of Grizzly Peak Rhyolite.[8][52]
- Juniper Caldera (size: 25 km), Animas Mountains, Hidalgo County, New Mexico; 35 Ma; 500 cubic kilometres (120 cu mi) of Oak Creek Tuff.[8][45]
- Mount Princeton (eroded), Central Colorado volcanic field; Colorado; 35.3 Ma ±0.6; more than 1,000 cubic kilometres (240 cu mi) of Wall Mountain Tuff.[8][44][53]
- Davis Mountains, Texas; 35.35 Ma ±0.6; 210 cubic kilometres (50 cu mi) of tuffs of Wild Cherry, Lavas of Casket Mountain.[8][54]
- Davis Mountains, Texas; 35.61 Ma ±0.09; 200 cubic kilometres (48 cu mi) of Barrel Springs Formation and ash flow tuff.[8][54]
- Quitman Caldera (size: 15 x 10 km), Quitman Mountains, Hudspeth County, Texas; 36 Ma; 300 cubic kilometres (72 cu mi) of Square Peak Volcanics.[8][24]
- Davis Mountains, Texas; 36.2 Ma ±0.6; 300 cubic kilometres (72 cu mi) of Mafic lavas.[8][54]
- Davis Mountains, Texas; 36.33 Ma ±0.13; 150 cubic kilometres (36 cu mi) of tephra (Paisano Volcano).[8][54]
- Davis Mountains, Texas; 36.51 Ma ±0.05; 210 cubic kilometres (50 cu mi) of Adobe Canyon and Limpia Formations.[8][54]
- Davis Mountains (fissures), Texas; 36.82 Ma ±0.08; 1,250 cubic kilometres (300 cu mi) of Flood rhyolites, rhyolite domes, and Gomez Tuff.[8][54]
- Muir Caldera (size: 26 x 18 km wide), Hidalgo County, New Mexico; 37 Ma; 300 cubic kilometres (72 cu mi) of Woodhaul Canyon tephra.[8][24][55]
- Infernito Caldera (size: 12 km wide), Trans-Pecos, Texas; 37.5 Ma ±0.5; 70 to 100 cubic kilometers (17 to 24 cu mi) of Buckshot Tuff.[8][24]
- Thomas Caldera (size: 16 x 25 km wide), Delta, Utah; 39 Ma; 400 cubic kilometres (96 cu mi) of Mount Laird Tuff.[8][24]
- Twin Peaks Caldera (size: 20 km), Challis volcanic field, Custer, Idaho; 45 Ma, 500 cubic kilometres (120 cu mi) of Challis Creek Tuff.[8][56]
- Van Horn cauldron complex (size: 34 x 48 km), Challis volcanic field, Custer, Idaho; 46 Ma ±0.6; unknown amount of Elis Creek Tuff.[8][57]
- Silver Bell Caldera (size: 8 km wide), Arizona; 55.8 Ma; unknown amount of Mount Laird Tuff.[8][58]
- Silver Bell Caldera (size: 8 km wide), Arizona; 68 Ma; 150 cubic kilometres (36 cu mi) of Lithic Tuff.[8][24]
- Tucson Mountain Caldera (size: 25 km wide), Tucson Mountains, Arizona; 73 Ma; 500 cubic kilometres (120 cu mi) of Cat Mountain Tuff.[8][28][59]