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Caldera Chronicles

Caldera Chronicles

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

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Caldera Chronicles

Caldera Chronicles

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

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Twin Buttes in Lower Geyser Basin, with Excelsior Geyser of Midway Geyser Basin in the foreground

Thermal kames: The unique glacial hills of Yellowstone’s geyser basins

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Schematic illustration showing the 1912 Novarupta eruption in Alaska and the caldera collapse at Mount Katmai

Recent caldera collapses captured by volcano monitoring networks provide insights on the collapse of the Yellowstone caldera

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Here’s how we know outliers in GPS data aren’t real ground movement

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Isotopic composition of units within the Absaroka volcanic province

Isotopic composition of units within the Absaroka volcanic province

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The Bandelier Tuff near Los Alamos, New Mexico

New Mexico’s answer to Yellowstone: The geological story of Valles Caldera

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La Garita Mountain (elevation 4179 m [13711 ft]), Colorado

In the pantheon of caldera eruptions, where does Yellowstone rank?

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Satellite, airborne, and ground-based images of an unnamed thermal feature in the Three River Junction thermal area in southwest Yellowstone National Park

Using high-resolution commercial satellite images to help map and monitor Yellowstone’s thermal areas

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Crested pool, in Upper Geyser Basin near Castle Geyser

Which is more hazardous to Yellowstone visitors, wildlife or hot springs?

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Spectrogram and waveform of a typical Volcano-Tectonic (VT) earthquake that occurred near Norris Geyser Basin, Yellowstone National Park

Why do volcano observatories describe seismic activity so differently?

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Correlation of Map Units chart from the Surficial Geologic Map of Yellowstone National Park

A deep dive into surficial geologic mapping

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Pie diagram showing chloride flux measured in 2022 in rivers of Yellowstone National Park

So, where are you from? Tracing thermal waters in the rivers of Yellowstone back to their sources

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Map of Yellowstone region showing the backbone and dense 2020 seismic networks

New views of how magma is stored beneath Yellowstone provided by hundreds of seismic sensors

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Densely welded rhyolites from the central Snake River Plain

Buried calderas on the track of the Yellowstone hotspot

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Hebgen Lake fault scarp in 1959

60 years since the 1959 M7.3 Hebgen Lake earthquake: its history and effects on the Yellowstone region

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Map showing ice cover in the Yellowstone region

Yellowstone's icy past

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Cumulative number of located earthquakes for various areas in 1992 showing effect of Landers (California) earthquake.

Will the southern California earthquakes cause Yellowstone to erupt? Spoiler alert: no.

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Partners in geologic hazards—YVO and the Wyoming State Geological Survey

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Painting of the Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone by artist Thomas Moran

For the Benefit and Enjoyment of the People: The Explorations that led to the world’s first National Park

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David Drobeck, University of Utah...

A tribute to an unsung hero of Yellowstone—Dave Drobeck (1960–2018)

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Cross-section through the Old Faithful area showing the location of hydrothermal tremor with depth over time

A new view of Old Faithful's underground plumbing system

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View looking northeastward across Long Valley Caldera to Glass Mountain

Caldera systems—a worldwide family that is more than just Yellowstone!

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Interferogram created from data collected on September 22, 2020, and September 17, 2021, by the Sentinel-1 satellite system

Yellowstone—the year 2021 in review

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This is a chart of vertical deformation at GPS station WLWY during 2001-2018

Taking advantage of learning opportunities at Yellowstone

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Animated GIF of the Porcelain Basin and Nuphar Lake areas of Norris Geyser Basin

The rising waters of Nuphar Lake, near Norris Geyser Basin

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Deformation at Campi Flegrei, Yellowstone, and Long Valley calderas over the past 100 years

Ground deformation at Yellowstone: How does it compare to other calderas?

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This is an airborne thermal infrared image of a portion of Norris Geyser Basin.

Studying Yellowstone's thermal areas from the air

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Shaded relief map of Henrys Fork Caldera and vicinity

Henrys Fork Caldera: A glimpse into one possible future for Yellowstone

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Steamboat Geyser in the steam-phase of an eruption on June 4, 2018,...

Yellowstone — the year 2018 in review