Sentences with phrase «supervolcano occurred»

Home sapiens were already in the region for about 1,000 years when a climate - changing eruption of the Phlegraean Fields supervolcano occurred.

Home sapiens were already in the region for about 1,000 years when a climate - changing eruption of the Phlegraean Fields supervolcano occurred.

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A supervolcano has erupted somewhere on the planet every 100,000 years or so, but usgs experts say that current geologic activity at Yellowstone «provides no signs that a supereruption will occur in the near future.»

«But supervolcanoes tend to occur in areas of significant tectonic stress, where plates are moving toward, past or away from each other.