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Science Report Guides Protection of Old Faithful Thermal Features and Historic Yellowstone Buildings

Science Report Guides Protection of Old Faithful Thermal Features and Historic Yellowstone Buildings

A newly published scientific report on the geology and hydrology in the area around Old Faithful in Yellowstone National Park includes suggestions on...

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The Yellowstone Volcano: Past, Present and Future

The Yellowstone Volcano: Past, Present and Future

What is all the buzz about in the Yellowstone area? Is it really dangerous? On January 23rd Jake Lowenstern, Scientist-in-Charge of Yellowstone...

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Repeating earthquakes suggest volcanic and tectonic origins of Yellowstone seismic swarms (2013)

Repeating earthquakes suggest volcanic and tectonic origins of Yellowstone seismic swarms (2013)

Yellowstone is located in a region of the United States where both volcanic and tectonic processes occur. Yellowstone is also at the edge of the Basin...

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Sloshing Detected in Yellowstone Lake Helps to Locate Magma Storage Region (2013)

Sloshing Detected in Yellowstone Lake Helps to Locate Magma Storage Region (2013)

Several years ago, using sensitive new monitoring equipment located in shallow boreholes, scientific staff from UNAVCO, a member institution of the...

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Gases in Brimstone Basin Indicate Heated Pasts (2013)

Gases in Brimstone Basin Indicate Heated Pasts (2013)

In Fall of 2012, Deborah Bergfeld (USGS) and colleagues published a paper in the journal Chemical Geology on an unusual acid-altered region along the...

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Taking the Temperature of Yellowstone from Space (2012)

Taking the Temperature of Yellowstone from Space (2012)

We all know Yellowstone is hot… but how hot? And how can we detect park- or basin-wide changes in geothermal areas (regions that let off Earth's...

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Tiny Bubbles in the Seismic Noise

Tiny Bubbles in the Seismic Noise

USGS scientist Phil Dawson and colleagues have applied a novel research approach to voice recognition software. In their January 2012 paper, published...

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A Gassy Link to Past Earthquake Swarm

A Gassy Link to Past Earthquake Swarm

Over the past three years we've witnessed two large earthquake swarms at Yellowstone (2010 and 2009). Recent history tells us that these earthquake...

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Research Published on 2008-09 Swarm and 2004-10 Deformation

Research Published on 2008-09 Swarm and 2004-10 Deformation

University of Utah researchers recently published two new articles in the journal Geophysical Research Letters that emphasize the active nature of the...

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New technologies help characterize hydrothermal activity at Yellowstone

New technologies help characterize hydrothermal activity at Yellowstone

Yellowstone National Park geologists Cheryl Jaworowski and Henry Heasler published a paper with two university colleagues to illustrate how two...

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Madison Plateau 2010 Earthquake Swarm Summary

Madison Plateau 2010 Earthquake Swarm Summary

This swarm is now the second largest recorded swarm at Yellowstone. It was longer (in time) and included more earthquakes than last year's swarm...

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Yellowstone Lake Earthquake Swarm Summary

Yellowstone Lake Earthquake Swarm Summary

Seismic activity at Yellowstone Lake in Yellowstone National Park increased in late December 2008. As of January 8, 2009, the seismic activity has...

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