Science news articles about 'yellowstone hotspot'

  • Yellowstone's ancient supervolcano: Only lukewarm?

    ... National Park owe their eistence to the "Yellowstone hotspot"--a region of molten rock buried deep ... said Schutt. "It would be a mistake to write off Yellowstone as a 'dead' volcano. A hot plume, even ...
  • How Hot Is the Yellowstone Hotspot?

    Yellowstone National Park's hotspot, which powers the park's famous geysers, is tepid at best, according to a new study.
  • August 2008 Geology and GSA Today media highlights

    ... human presence yet discovered along Egypt's northern Nile delta; analysis of Yellowstone ... affect the speed at which seismic energy travels, and found the Yellowstone hotspot to be 50-200 degrees Celsius ...

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