Yunaska CFE II
Start: 11700 yBP [1]
Event Type: Explosive
- Caldera/crater [2]
Description: From Miller and others (1998): "The eastern volcanic center, to which all recent Yunaska volcanism has been attributed, has been described by Nicolaysen and others (1992) and Lamb and others (1992) in preliminary reports as a large shield volcano topped by two overlapping calderas. No age has been reported for caldera formation but the fresh morphology of the younger caldera and the non-glaciated nature of the associated pyroclastic rocks suggests it at least is Holocene in age. The older of the two calderas (caldera CI, Lamb and others, 1992) has a diameter of 10-13 km, the younger (caldera CII) about 3 km. Low ridges and peaks along the northern and eastern shores of the island define the postulated caldera (see physiographic descriptions in Sekora, 1973)."
References Cited
[1] Catalog of the historically active volcanoes of Alaska, 1998
Miller, T. P., McGimsey, R. G., Richter, D. H., Riehle, J. R., Nye, C. J., Yount, M. E., and Dumoulin, J. A., 1998, Catalog of the historically active volcanoes of Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 98-0582, 104 p.[2] The physical volcanology and petrology of the 3400 YBP caldera-forming eruption of Aniakchak Volcano, Alaska, 2002
Dreher, S. T., 2002, The physical volcanology and petrology of the 3400 YBP caldera-forming eruption of Aniakchak Volcano, Alaska: University of Alaska Fairbanks unpublished Ph.D. dissertation, Fairbanks, AK, 174 p.Complete Eruption References
Catalog of the historically active volcanoes of Alaska, 1998
Miller, T. P., McGimsey, R. G., Richter, D. H., Riehle, J. R., Nye, C. J., Yount, M. E., and Dumoulin, J. A., 1998, Catalog of the historically active volcanoes of Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 98-0582, 104 p.
Geologic relations of the Yunaska volcanic complex, central Aleutian arc, 1992
Nicolaysen, K. E., Myers, J. D., Linneman, S. R., and Lamb, D., 1992, Geologic relations of the Yunaska volcanic complex, central Aleutian arc [abs.]: Eos, v. 73, p. 645.