Using Radioactive Radium To Better Understand Yellowstone's Hydrothermal System
Hydrothermal waters in Yellowstone National Park carry radium to the Earth's surface, but not in quantities harmful to visitors.
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Hydrothermal waters in Yellowstone National Park carry radium to the Earth's surface, but not in quantities harmful to visitors.
The record of water chemistry data in Yellowstone predates the development of the pH (acidity) scale! These data are a testament to hundreds of researchers who have contributed their expertise over nearly 150 years.
Calculating important thermal metrics at Yellowstone National Park that can be used for monitoring change over time.
Yellowstone’s hydrothermal system has been powered 24 hours a day, 365 days a year for at least the last ~2 million years by the release of heat from the magmatic system in the subsurface.
Geologists study the rock record to understand how our world came to be and to try to determine what geologic events might occur in the future. The field of geochronology provides the means for geologists to know when these past events took place.