Idaho's Forgotten Volcano; The Cerro Grande Lava Field

[@haroldwilkes598]

Cerro Grande destroyed a great pair of boots when I was living In Idaho Falls. I often walked in from Hwy 26 but didn't realize how sharp that stuff can be. interesting place.

[@presidentcherry6193]

Did you get some new boots afterwards?

[@GrandmasterBBC]

I have high hopes that one of these volcanic fields will become active again during my lifetime. But I'm not holding my breath.

[@rhuephus]

"Live long and prosper"

[@rh5563]

@@rhuephus 🖖

[@flashgordon3715]

I hope I live long enough to see the mellinnium building fail in a 5.0 earth quake.

[@GrandmasterBBC]

@@flashgordon3715 A gentle little 5.0 quake might just straighten back up. 🤷🏾‍♂️

[@jay_321]

Those areas used to be above the Yellowstone caldera. The continent has drifted away from that area now and so that train has left the station.

[@jimmyjames2022]

Western continental US has a lot of fascinating volcanism, thanks for more insight with this Cerro Grande Lave Field post. Glad to finally support all your efforts.

[@sleavsloth]

One of my earliest memories was visiting Craters of the Moon! Definitely sparked an interest in geology in me :)

[@RandomRetallingsofRiggins]

Love seeing idaho get the geologic spot light great video and great work man keep it up!

[@micheleupchurch3725]

I agree.

[@tootoo2020]

Massive improvement absolutely fabulous congratulations keep up the good work Voice coaching is going great weldone

[@bevinboulder5039]

I love seeing some of the footage that you shot last year in Iceland!

[@AdamHarrisonEros]

You mentioned one robber fields started having lava flows two days after the other. How are geologists able to be that accurate time wise fir an event so long ago? Is it a guess based on other observed eruptions or is there a a chemical dating method that is accurate enough to say definitively it was two days apart?

[@mbvoelker8448]

I was wondering that too.

[@TheSpaceEnthusiast-vl6wx]

Thanks as always.

[@GamingCeo420]

Very epic video geo

[@r4raced4doom2]

Any chance you could talk about the south sandwhich Island Volcanos? Google satellite views show mt. Belinda mid eruption and Wikipedia doesn't really have much, if any info other than the area is prone to strong seismic activity. Thanks for your work!

[@rhuephus]

is that the island that uses wheat bread, or the other one that uses rye bread ??

[@r4raced4doom2]

@@rhuephus that island chain is owned by the British, wheat bread would be way to spicy.

[@Dragrath1]

Given the lecture series with Nick Zentner I suspect the main cause for volcanism there is the East Pacific Rise/Juan de Fuca Ridge and the vast solid mantle discontinuity which underlies it. Have you looked into the mantle Seismic tomography stuff? Its fascinating and looks to be a revolutionary game changer in terms of understanding the larger Earth tectonic system.

[@TheSpaceEnthusiast-vl6wx]

I have heard of them. Interesting implications!

[@TheDanEdwards]

In the case of these Idaho volcanic fields, North America is simply dragging over the Yellowstone hot spot. Eocene/Miocene subduction effects are not needed, unlike elsewhere in the west.

[@Shivaho]

Got to visit them on a Cross Country Motorcycle Journey & Summer Dead Tour 1984 from West Coast to the East Coast and Back Again!

[@b.a.erlebacher1139]

How are short timespans of days or weeks determined for events at this distance in the past?

[@rhuephus]

methinks they use the US Government SWAG methodology

[@TheDanEdwards]

Volume/rate.

[@b.a.erlebacher1139]

@@TheDanEdwards Neither of which are known.

[@mickwilson99]

I would like if you could cover the Yatta Plateau in Kenya. This, in the 70s, was held to be one of the longest lava flows known on Earth, but I have seen little subsequent analysis. The plateau itself originates at Mt Kenya and dominates the landscape along the Galana River through Tsavo East National Park.

[@PhantomPhysics1]

There’s two more near Rigby Idaho.

[@DuneJumper]

You should do a video on the basalt field north of Phoenix, as far as I know it doesn't have a name but it's extensive.

[@yetanotherentity]

Can you do a video about the current situation in Yellowstone following the recent events there?

[@Sasquatchprospector]

Very interesting!

[@itwasaliens]

Hmm. Im not an expert ofc but i dont understand how they come to the conclusion that Idaho, New Mexico and Arizona are the top 3 most likely locations for next possible eruption

[@TheWirewitch]

THIS IS SO WIERD! I was LITERALLY looking at this area of the US and noticed all of these old lava flows! Guess we're in sync xD

[@johnthomas2485]

How about a video of the rift zone in east Africa. I watched a video a few weeks ago that talked about a new section that opened in Ethiopia, and made the intrusion of the ocean imminent 🙄

[@66kbm]

The angle of rifts look like they are relevant to/part of the Extension and Range geologic feature. I also subscribe to Shawn Willsey and Nick Zentner who between them cover this area in detail. Maybe you could join up for a video/podcast? Its all about sharing info. And thank you for this one.

[@JasonnRC-k3f]

Rainbolt was here

[@bleachcheeks4837]

No one talks about the fact that Yellowstone doesn't have any prominent satellite stratovolcanoes even tho it's a hot spot melting continental crust nor does it have any highly active volcanoes in the vicinity like seen elsewhere

[@koharumi1]

What is the most recent flood basalt eruption?

[@rhuephus]

Thanks GeologyHub guy . .. another interesting video. I went thru the lava fields area several years ago, and was surprised to see all that lava, but not much of a sign of a volcano. So I presumed the volcano "wore down" over time, or those lava fields were actually caused when the "ancient astronauts" used that are for a launch pad and basically melted the surrounding mountains. Eh ?

[@TomLuTon]

4:16 is that circular water body to the NE of the CGLF volcanic in origin?

[@RandomRetallingsofRiggins]

That is not a water body it is a small butte in the middle of the desert called the middle butte it has blackish-reddish rock making the summit covered by a small forest. Volcanic yes Water no.

[@filipesiegrist]

The image at the thumbnail looks like America continent

[@equarg]

What happened to Washington state on that list!?

[@pault151]

He kind of whips by that, if you re-listen it's "outside of the West Coast states, Idaho has the...." So CA, OR, WA are being excluded from that list.

[@cmotherofpirl]

I don’t think zero is in the earth’s vocabulary

[@rhuephus]

it DOES have it's own vocabulary. And are you aware it has it's own alphabet .. and numbering system

[@rhuephus]

no, but "0" is

[@rhuephus]

what do you get when you add zero to one

[@phprofYT]

Oh, please.

[@rhuephus]

oh, thanks. you're welcome

[@phprofYT]

@@keatonterry Good point. I'm just looking forward to a good size eruption in the USA. VEI 5 or higher is on my list in the next 2-3 years.

[@TheKingSource]

HOT SPOTS DO NOT MOV ED AS PROVED BY BVOLCANO'S ERUTING FOR 20+ YEARS NON STOP!

[@TheDanEdwards]

It's all relative motion.

[@b.a.erlebacher1139]

Plates move over hot spots very slowly. In 20 years they might move only centimeters. Plus the mantle plume tends to get stretched out as the plate moves, because the existing route to the surface remains the route of least resistance for a long time.

[@CrankyPaperClip]

I wonder if the devil is paying his property taxes on his half acher...

[@rhuephus]

you'd have to check the Wyoming county that hell's half acre is located ... that would be Natrona county (Casper WY)

[@AnuTheMostHigh]

Ase' Ase' Ase'

[@rhuephus]

po-tay-toe ... poe-tah-toe

[@AnuTheMostHigh]

@@rhuephus Eshu is watching.

[@rhuephus]

IFF the earth were flat, would there still be volcanoes ??

[@Retr0racin]

volcanoes are not flat

[@whiteknightcat]

That would depend on how thick this hypothetical flat Earth would be.