File:Narrows Basalt (Lower Pleistocene, 1.5-1.6 Ma) (Narrows of the Yellowstone River, northeastern Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, USA) 1 (19510598353).jpg
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Columnar-jointed basalt lava flows in the Pleistocene of Wyoming, USA. The two horizons with closely-spaced vertical fractures shown above are 1.5 to 1.6 million year old basalt lava flows exposed along the eastern walls of the Narrows of the Yellowstone River in Yellowstone National Park. Basalt is a mafic (dark-colored), aphanitic (finely-crystalline), extrusive igneous rock composed principally of plagioclase feldspar and pyroxene. Upon cooling and slight contraction, many basalt lava flows develop closely-spaced subvertical fractures called columnar jointing. The fractures define columns having (usually) pentagonal to hexagonal transverse cross-sections. Below the lower lava flow is a conglomerate unit having clasts of volcanic lithologies. The conglomerate is part of the Sepulcher Formation (Washburn Group, Absaroka Volcanic Supergroup, Eocene). The volcanism represented by the Sepulcher Formation is unrelated to & much older than Yellowstone Hotspot volcanism. Between the upper and lower lava flows is a Pleistocene glacial outwash unit, deposited during a glacier's melting phase. Above the upper lava flow is Pleistocene till, which is a poorly-sorted, non-bedded glacial deposit formed during a glacier's advancing phase. Stratigraphy: Narrows Basalt, Lower Pleistocene, 1.5-1.6 Ma Locality: Narrows of the Yellowstone River, just north-northeast of Tower Falls, northeastern Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, USA (44° 53' 52.31" North, 110° 23' 07.47" West) |
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| Author | James St. John |
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