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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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Recent Ups and Downs of the Yellowstone Caldera

Recent Ups and Downs of the Yellowstone Caldera

The November 9, 2007 issue of Science Magazine features an article, Accelerated uplift and magmatic intrusion of the Yellowstone Caldera, 2004 to 2006...

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Satellite Technologies Detect Uplift in the Yellowstone Caldera

Satellite Technologies Detect Uplift in the Yellowstone Caldera

Yellowstone and other caldera systems are well-known for their continual ups and downs.

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Truth, fiction and everything in between at Yellowstone

Truth, fiction and everything in between at Yellowstone

The June 2005 issue of Geotimes magazine includes an article by YVO Scientist-in-Charge Jake Lowenstern. The article, Truth, fiction and everything in...

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Tracking Changes in Yellowstone's Restless Volcanic System

Tracking Changes in Yellowstone's Restless Volcanic System

Satellite-based surveying techniques (InSAR) allow scientists to view changes to the ground surface at Yellowstone. For more information see the...

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