i found it on encyclopedia.com but i could only read half the article since i didnt pay a fricken 50 bucks to join!
2007-10-08 11:37:04 · 4 answers · asked by ? 2 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Earth Sciences & Geology
Even if they weren't on opposite sides of the earth from each other, Tambora formed about 57 thousand years ago. Yellowstone formed at least 2.1 MILLION years ago.
In fact, Tambora didn't form until more than half a million years after just the last time the yellowstone supervolcano erupted.
Incidentally, the article I think you were looking at is this one:
http://www.cjonline.com/stories/100804/ksp_jones.shtml
The headline reads "Volcanoes Helped Create Yellowstone." Its only connection to Tambora is that the author had written a column about it the previous week, and was carrying on the theme of devastating volvanoes.
2007-10-08 13:02:22 · answer #1 · answered by skeptik 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A great source of FREE knowledge can be gained at www.wikipedia.org
Check out supervolcanos. Did you know that the eruption of Tambora around 75,000 years ago seriously threatened the human population of the entire world?
2007-10-08 13:37:43 · answer #2 · answered by jorge f 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The two are probably as far away from each other as is possible on the Earth's surface.
They are on completely separate tectonic plates, moving in different directions, and other than they are both on the planet Earth they have no relation to each other.
If you looked at an atlas of the world, you'd see how far apart they are.
2007-10-08 12:13:49 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hardly. The two volcanic areas are on the other side of the Earth from each other.
2007-10-08 12:07:41 · answer #4 · answered by Flyboy 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋