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Caldera Chronicles

Yellowstone Caldera Chronicles is a weekly column written by scientists and collaborators of the Yellowstone Volcano Observatory.

Caldera Chronicles

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Montana State University takes on Yellowstone National Park

Montana State University takes on Yellowstone National Park

During the Spring term in 2019, geology students from Montana State University participated in a reading group focused on understanding the geology of...

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The Real Hazards of Yellowstone

The Real Hazards of Yellowstone

Here at YVO we receive a lot of questions related to Yellowstone supereruption "what ifs" and "whens", even though that is the least possible scenario...

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Yellowstone's many faults (don't blame the volcano for everything, though!)

Yellowstone's many faults (don't blame the volcano for everything, though!)

The faults in Yellowstone National Park vary greatly in age and how they formed, and they can be divided into two groups: relatively young faults that...

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Tis the season…for field work in Yellowstone!

Tis the season…for field work in Yellowstone!

The month of May marks the start of many field studies for scientists affiliated with the Yellowstone Volcano Observatory (YVO).

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Colter's Hell: Tales of the First European-American to Step Foot in Yellowstone

Colter's Hell: Tales of the First European-American to Step Foot in Yellowstone

Imagine for a moment that you could turn back the clock some two-hundred years or so and embark on a journey from east to west across the North...

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Feeling petrified! Evidence of Yellowstone's distant volcanic past found in rocks and trees

Feeling petrified! Evidence of Yellowstone's distant volcanic past found in rocks and trees

Much is known about volcanism occurring from Yellowstone within the past 2 million years, but many people are not aware that this landscape was also...

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InSAR, the Magic Deformation Camera That No One Saw Coming

InSAR, the Magic Deformation Camera That No One Saw Coming

Toting their surveying instruments to the tops of mountains or across continents, ancient (20th century) geodesists might have dreamed of an easier...

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Battle of the giants: How Yellowstone fits into a world of moving mountains

Battle of the giants: How Yellowstone fits into a world of moving mountains

Motion of a volcano resulting from pressure changes within its plumbing system is called deformation, and we can measure it with high-precision...

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How can we better monitor Yellowstone's dynamic hydrothermal system?

How can we better monitor Yellowstone's dynamic hydrothermal system?

Yellowstone Volcano Observatory staff gathered in Bozeman, Montana to discuss how to better monitor changes in the thermal areas of Yellowstone...

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The evolution of the Yellowstone Plateau Volcanic Field: Past, present, and future!

The evolution of the Yellowstone Plateau Volcanic Field: Past, present, and future!

Many first-time visitors to Yellowstone National Park have heard about a "supervolcano" but, expecting a Rainier-like volcanic peak, often wonder...

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Is gravity changing at Yellowstone?

Is gravity changing at Yellowstone?

In high school physics, we are taught that gravity is a constant—9.8 meters per second squared is the gravitational acceleration on Earth, and it is...

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Discovering new thermal areas in Yellowstone's dynamic landscape!

Discovering new thermal areas in Yellowstone's dynamic landscape!

Yellowstone's thermal areas are the surface expression of the deeper magmatic system, and they are always changing.  Recently, we have discovered...

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