Fish Canyon Tuff
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title:
Fish Canyon Tuff
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The Fish Canyon Tuff is the large volcanic ash flow or ignimbrite deposit resulting from one of the largest known explosive eruptions on Earth, estimated at 1,200 cu mi (5,000 km). (see List of largest volcanic eruptions). The Fish Canyon Tuff eruption was centred at the La Garita Caldera in southwest Colorado; the caldera itself would have formed by collapse, as a result of the eruption. Studies of the tuff show that it all belongs to one eruption due to its uniform bulk-chemical composition (
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fish_Canyon_Tuff
date created:
2010-08-14T20:44:02Z
date modified:
2024-08-28T22:20:24Z
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