Yellowstone- Supervolcanoes Flashcards
1
Q
How much rock, ash and lava would be produced?
A
1000’s of km3
2
Q
What would flow at high speed?
A
A thick cloud of super-heated gas and ash
3
Q
What would the thick cloud of super-heated gas and ash do within 10’s of miles?
A
Kill, burn and bury everything
4
Q
What would the ash that shot km’s into the air do?
A
Block out almost all daylight over entire continents
5
Q
What would the ash trigger? Why’s this bad?
A
A mini iceage, it would destroy crops, starving any remaining life
6
Q
Where would some of the ash settle? What would it do?
A
Over building and fields- burying them
7
Q
How far away would the ash settle?
A
100’s of km away
