Thursday, April 23, 2015

USA, Wyoming:

Scientists See Deeper Yellowstone Magma (University of Utah)

Reservoir of partly molten rock is four times bigger than shallower chamber


University of Utah seismologists discovered and made images of a reservoir of hot, partly molten rock 12 to 28 miles beneath the Yellowstone supervolcano, and it is 4.4 times larger than the shallower, long-known magma chamber.


NSF Yellowstone Discovery Video from The University of Utah on Vimeo.

The GRC is hosting a Workshop/Field-trip to Yellowstone National Park, June 22-26. The workshop will include a tour of the major geologic features of the Park, the site of the greatest concentration of geothermal features in the world, and discussions of its volcanic history, geochemistry, and hydrology.

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