Tracing volcanic rocks in Yellowstone may help understand history
Geochemistry can help link volcanic deposits to their sources, even if those sources are dozens of miles away.
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Geochemistry can help link volcanic deposits to their sources, even if those sources are dozens of miles away.
Follow along as geologists investigate a perplexing incongruity in adjoining geologic maps in the north part of Yellowstone National Park.
Yellowstone Caldera Chronicles is a weekly column written by scientists and collaborators of the Yellowstone Volcano Observatory. This week's contribution is from Natali Kragh, graduate student in the Department of Earth Sciences at Montana State University. What is the difference between a million and a billion? To put these two numbers in perspective we cycle through one million seconds about every 11.5 days whereas we only cycle through one billion seconds every 31.7 years. So, what does this have to do with Yellowstone geology? Although the modern-day landscape of Yellowstone National ...
What Did Yellowstone Look Like Before the Yellowstone Hot Spot? Release Date: February 22, 2021 We know Yellowstone today as the site of a huge caldera that erupted 631,000 years ago and covered the region in a thick layer of ash. But what was present before the caldera? Yellowstone Caldera Chronicles is a weekly column written by scientists and collaborators of the Yellowstone Volcano Observatory. This week's contribution is from Natali Kragh, graduate student in the Department of Earth Sciences at Montana State University. What is the difference between a million and a billion? To ...