Electric Yellowstone: Conductivity image hints volcano plume is bigger than thought
Monday, April 11, 2011 - 03:00
in Earth & Climate
University of Utah geophysicists made the first large-scale picture of the electrical conductivity of the gigantic underground plume of hot and partly molten rock that feeds the Yellowstone supervolcano. The image suggests the plume is even bigger than it appears in earlier images made with earthquake waves.