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Timeline of volcanism on Earth This timeline of volcanism on Earth includes a list of major volcanic eruptions of approximately at least magnitude 6 on the Volcanic explosivity index (VEI) or equivalent sulfur dioxide emission during the Quaternary period (from 2.58 Mya to th ...
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List of Quaternary volcanic eruptions This article is a list of volcanic eruptions of approximately magnitude 6 or more on the Volcanic Explosivity Index (VEI) or equivalent sulfur dioxide emission during the Holocene, and Pleistocene eruptions of the Decade Volcanoes (Avachinsky-Ko ...
, and Large volume volcanic eruptions in the Basin and Range Province. Uncertainties as to dates and
tephra Tephra is fragmental material produced by a volcanic eruption regardless of composition, fragment size, or emplacement mechanism. Volcanologists also refer to airborne fragments as pyroclasts. Once clasts have fallen to the ground, they rem ...
volumes are not restated, and references are not repeated. Volcanic explosivity index (VEI) values for events in the
Miocene The Miocene ( ) is the first geological epoch of the Neogene Period and extends from about (Ma). The Miocene was named by Scottish geologist Charles Lyell; the name comes from the Greek words (', "less") and (', "new") and means "less recen ...
epoch sometimes lack references. They are given as VEI-equivalent, as an estimate of the erupted tephra volume. This is not a comprehensive list.


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* *Volcano Global Risk Identification and Analysis Project Website * {{List of volcanoes
Volcanic eruptions Several types of volcanic eruptions—during which lava, tephra (ash, lapilli, volcanic bombs and volcanic blocks), and assorted gases are expelled from a volcanic vent or fissure—have been distinguished by volcanologists. These are often ...
Lists of volcanic eruptions Cenozoic volcanism