Publications
Detailed list of Yellowstone scientific articles.
Books
Smith, R. B. & Siegel, L. J. (2000). Windows into the Earth: The Geologic Story of Yellowstone and Grand Teton National Parks., 242 p.
Good, J. M. & Pierce, K. L. (1996). Interpreting the Landscapes of Grand Teton and Yellowstone National Parks - Recent and Ongoing Geology., 58 p. doi:ISBN-10: 0931895456
Databases
Yellowstone Geologic GIS Database - Downloadable. (2012). University of Wyoming.http://www.wsgs.wyo.gov/pubs-maps/gis
Yellowstone National Park Thermal Features Database. Webpage (2009). Research Coordination Network.http://www.rcn.montana.edu/
Kaag, C. S. (2009). Scientific Research and Science in Yellowstone National Park Database.http://www.wsulibs.wsu.edu/yellowstone/
VanArsdale, W. O. & Hert, T. (2001). The Greater Yellowstone Bibliography (GYB). http://www-lib.uwyo.edu/db/ynp/default.cfm
University of Utah Yellowstone Geologic System Database (GIS). University of Utah.
Fact Sheets
Lowenstern, J. B., Christiansen, R. L., Smith, R. B., Morgan, L.A., & Heasler, H. (2005). Steam Explosions, Earthquakes, and Volcanic Eruptions - What's in Yellowstone's Future?. U.S. Geological Survey Fact Sheet , 2005-3024, 6 p.
Brantley, S. R., Lowenstern, J. B., Smith, R. B., Heasler, H., Waters, A. C., Waite, G. & Wicks, C. (2004). Tracking Changes in Yellowstone's Restless Volcanic System. U.S. Geological Survey Fact Sheet , 100-03, 4 p.
Field Guides
Morgan, L. A., Shanks, W. P., Lowenstern, J. B., Farrell, J. M. & Robinson, J. E. (2017). Geologic field-trip guide to the volcanic and hydrothermal landscape of the Yellowstone Plateau. U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report , 2017-5022-P, 100 p. doi:10.3133/sir20175022P
Vazquez, J. A., Stelten, M., Bindeman, I. N. & Cooper, K. M. (2017). A field trip guide to the petrology of Quaternary volcanism on the Yellowstone Plateau. U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report, 2017-5022-Q, 68 p. doi:10.3133/sir20175022Q
Smith, R. B. and Siegel, L. J. (2000). Windows Into the Earth: The Geology of Yellowstone And Grand Teton Parks, Oxford University Press, Chapter 9, Yellowstone Tour, A detailed geologic field guide with map, illustrations, pictures, etc. keyed to auto mileage.
Fournier, R. O., Christiansen, R. L., Hutchinson, R. A. & Pierce, K. L. (1994). A field-trip guide to Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, Montana, and Idaho; volcanic, hydrothermal, and glacial activity in the region. U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin , 2099, 46 p. http://pubs.er.usgs.gov/publication/b2099
Geologic Maps
Koch, R. D., Ramsey, D. W. & Christiansen, R. L. (2011). Database for the Quaternary and Pliocene Yellowstone Plateau Volcanic Field of Wyoming, Idaho, and Montana. U.S. Geological Survey Data Series , 551
Flynn, K., Wall, B. G., White, D. E., Hutchinson, R. A., Keith, T. E., Clor, L. & Robinson, J. E. (2008). Database of the Geology and Thermal Activity of Norris Geyser Basin, Yellowstone National Park. U.S. Geological Survey Data Series , 324
Morgan, L. A., Shanks III, W. P. & Webring, M. W. (2007). Bathymetry and Geology of the Floor of Yellowstone Lake, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, Idaho, and Montana. U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Map , 2973, 2 sheets.
Christiansen, R. L. (2001). The Quaternary and Pliocene Yellowstone Plateau Volcanic Field of Wyoming, Idaho, and Montana. U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper , 729-G, 120p., 1 sheet.
Izett, G. A. & Wilcox, R. E. (1982). Map showing localities and inferred distributions of the Huckleberry Ridge, Mesa Falls, and Lava Creek ash beds (Pearlette family ash beds) of Pliocene and Pleistocene age in the western United States. U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Investigations Map , I-1325, 5 maps on 1 sheet.
Hazards Assessments and Reports
Christiansen, R. L., Lowenstern, J. B., Smith, R. B., Heasler, H., Morgan, L. A., Nathenson, M., Mastin, L. G., Muffler, L. P. & Robinson, J. E. (2007). Preliminary Assessment of Volcanic and Hydrothermal Hazards in Yellowstone National Park and Vicinity. U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report , 2007-1071, 98 p.
Journal Articles
Chang, W., Smith, R. B., Farrell, J. & Puskas, C. M. (2010). An extraordinary episode of Yellowstone caldera uplift, 2004–2010, from GPS and InSAR observations. Journal of Geophysical Research , 37, 6 pp. doi:10.1029/2010GL045451 http://www.agu.org/pubs/crossref/2010/2010GL045451.shtml
Evans, W. C., Bergfeld, D., McGeehin, J. P., King, J. C. & Heasler, H. (2010). Tree-ring 14C links seismic swarm to CO2 spike at Yellowstone, USA. Geology , 38, 1075-1078. doi:10.1130/G31345.1 http://geology.geoscienceworld.org/content/38/12/1075.abstract
Farrell, J., Smith, R. B., Taira, T., Chang, W. & Puskas, C. M. (2010). Dynamics and rapid migration of the energetic 2008-2009 Yellowstone Lake earthquake swarm. Geophysical Research Letters , 37 doi:10.1029/2010GL044605
Morgan, L., Cathey, H. & Pierce, K. L. (Eds.) (2009). The Track of the Yellowstone Hot Spot: Multi-disciplinary Perspectives on the Origin of the Yellowstone-Snake River Plain Volcanic Province. Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research , 188, 304 p.
Morgan, L. A., Shanks III, W. P. & Pierce, K. L. (2009). Hydrothermal Processes above the Yellowstone Magma Chamber: Large Hydrothermal Systems and Large Hydrothermal Explosions. Geological Society of America Special Paper , 459, 95 p.
Smith, R. B., Jordan, M., Puskas, C. M., Farrell, J., Waite, G. & Husen, S. (2009). Geodynamics of the Yellowstone hotspot and mantle plume: Seismic and GPS imaging, kinematics, and mantle flow. Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research , 188, 26-56. doi:10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2009.08.020
Hurwitz, S., Kumar, A., Taylor, R. & Heasler, H. (2008). Climate-induced variations of geyser periodicity in Yellowstone National Park, USA. Geology , 36, pp. 451-451. doi:10.1130/G24723A.1 http://www.geosociety.org/pubs/geology.htm
Lowenstern, J. B. & Hurwitz, S. (2008). Monitoring a supervolcano in repose: Heat and volatile flux at the Yellowstone Caldera. Elements , 4, 35-40. doi:doi:10.2113/GSELEMENTS.4.1.35 http://elements.geoscienceworld.org/content/4/1/35
Wicks, C., Thatcher, W., Dzurisin, D. & Svarc, J. (2006). Uplift, thermal unrest and magma intrusion at Yellowstone caldera. Nature , 440, p 72-75. doi:10.1038/nature04507
Smith, R. B. & Braile, L. W. (1994). The Yellowstone Hotspot. Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research , 61, 121-129, 135-187. doi:10.1016/0377-0273(94)90002-7
Fournier, R. O. (1989). Geochemistry and dynamics of the Yellowstone National Park hydrothermal system. Annual Reviews of Earth and Planetary Sciences , 17, p. 13-53. doi:10.1146/annurev.ea.17.050189.000305
Rampino, M. R. & Self, S. (1982). Historic eruptions of Tambora (1815), Krakatau (1883), and Agung (1963), their stratospheric aerosols, and climatic impact. Quaternary Research , 18, pp. 127-143.
Monitoring Plans
Yellowstone Volcano Observatory, (2006). Volcano and Earthquake Monitoring Plan for the Yellowstone Volcano Observatory, 2006-2015. U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report , 2006-5276, 17 p.
Response and Coordination Plans
Yellowstone Volcano Observatory, (2010). Protocols for geologic hazards response by the Yellowstone Volcano Observatory. U.S. Geological Survey Circular , 1351, 18 p.
Annual Reports
Yellowstone Volcano Observatory, 2021, Yellowstone Volcano Observatory 2018 annual report: U.S. Geological Survey Circular 1474, 38 p., https://doi.org/10.3133/cir1474
Yellowstone Volcano Observatory, 2019, Yellowstone Volcano Observatory 2017 annual report: U.S. Geological Survey Circular 1456, 37 p., https://doi.org/10.3133/cir1456
USGS General Publication
Pierson, T., Driedger, C. & Tilling, R. I. (2013). Volcano Crisis Response at Yellowstone Volcanic Complex—After–Action Report for Exercise Held at Salt Lake City, Utah, November 15, 2011. U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report , 2013-1018, 31 p.
Clor, L., McCleskey, R. B., Huebner, M. A., Lowenstern, J. B., Heasler, H., Mahoney, D. L., Moloney, T. & Evans, W. C. (2012). Water Chemistry and Electrical Conductivity Database for Rivers in Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming. U.S. Geological Survey Data Series , 632, 6 p. & Data Folder Download.
Dzurisin, D., Wicks, C. & Poland, M. P. (2012). History of Surface Displacements at the Yellowstone Caldera, Wyoming, from Leveling Surveys and InSAR Observations, 1923–2008. U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper , 1788, 68 pp. http://pubs.usgs.gov/pp/1788/pp1788_benchmarks/index.html
Bergfeld, D., Lowenstern, J. B., Hunt, A. G., Shanks III, W. P. & Evans, W. C. (2011). Gas and isotope chemistry of thermal features in Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming. U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report , 2011-5012, 26 p.
Morgan, L. (Ed.) (2007). Integrated geoscience studies in the greater Yellowstone area: Volcanic, tectonic and hydrothermal processes in the Yellowstone geoecosystem. U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper , 1717, 532 p.
Christiansen, R. L. (2001). The Quaternary and Pliocene Yellowstone Plateau Volcanic Field of Wyoming, Idaho, and Montana. U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper , 729-G, 145 p. 3 plates.
Sorey, M. L. (Ed.) (1991). Effects of potential geothermal development in the Corwin Springs Known Geothermal Resources Area, Montana, on the thermal features of Yellowstone National Park. U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report , 91-4052, 207 p.
White, D. E., Hutchinson, R. A. & Keith, T. E. (1988). The Geology and Remarkable Thermal Activity of Norris Geyser Basin, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming. U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper , 1456, 94 p. 1 plate.
Websites
Yellowstone Plume, Hotspot, Teton Fault, and Wasatch Front Earthquake Research. (2011). University of Utah.http://www.uusatrg.utah.edu/
The Yellowstone-Teton Epicenter: A central location for Yellowstone-Teton geologic information. (2010). University of Utah. http://www.yellowstonegis.utah.edu/
USGS Bench Mark Map and Collection of Bench Mark Descriptions. (2010). U.S. Geological Survey.http://pubs.usgs.gov/pp/1788/pp1788_benchmarks/index.html