Supervolcanoes Volcano
a supervolcano has large caldera , can produce devastation on enormous, continental, scale. such volcanoes able severely cool global temperatures many years after eruption due huge volumes of sulfur , ash released atmosphere. dangerous type of volcano. examples include: yellowstone caldera in yellowstone national park , valles caldera in new mexico (both western united states); lake taupo in new zealand; lake toba in sumatra, indonesia; , ngorongoro crater in tanzania. because of enormous area may cover, supervolcanoes hard identify centuries after eruption. similarly, large igneous provinces considered supervolcanoes because of vast amount of basalt lava erupted (even though lava flow non-explosive).
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