Yellowstone Volcano Observatory

Volumes of Yellowstone's giant volcanic eruptions compared with volumes of other major eruptions

Figures and pictures used with permission from "Windows into the Earth, The Geologic Story of Yellowstone and Grand Teton National Park", Robert B. Smith and Lee J. Siegel, Oxford University Press, 2000.

Volumes of Yellowstone's largest eruptions compared to large historic eruptions.

Figure 2. Volumes of Yellowstone's giant volcanic eruptions compared with volumes of other major eruptions.