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‘Something going on’ Yellowstone scientists' ‘dome-shaped uplift’ discovery inside caldera - Daily Express

‘Something going on’ Yellowstone scientists' ‘dome-shaped uplift’ discovery inside caldera - Daily Express

‘Something going on’ Yellowstone scientists' ‘dome-shaped uplift’ discovery inside caldera - Daily Express
Oct 27, 2020 52 secs

University of Utah’s Robert (Bob) Smith made a fascinating breakthrough in understanding how the volcano's system works after noticing a change in water levels at Yellowstone Lake.

“Bob Smith at the University of Utah was interested in seeing if we could look for signs of contemporary deformation in the Yellowstone Caldera.

“He had recognised some of these indications, particularly in changes in lake levels of different parts of Yellowstone Lake, and because it’s so large, he felt there were indications that the lake basin itself was being tilted.

Dr Christiansen explained how his colleague discovered that the caldera was lifting below Yellowstone Lake.

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Later studies would go on to show that this was normal behaviour for Yellowstone, as scientists observed periods of uplift, followed by lowering.

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By contrast, over the past three million years, the Yellowstone hotspot has seen just two supereruptions

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