from Erik Klemetti, via "BigThink"
Posted by
CypressTX on 1/27/2011, 11:06 am
http://bigthink.com/ideas/26641
Yellowstone: The public and media obsession with the caldera
Erik Klemetti on January 25, 2011, 12:13 PM
exerpt:
"There you go. Yellowstone is pretty calm as giant caldera systems go. We have such a small record of the behavior of a "restless caldera" that this inflation at Yellowstone could very easily fall into the realm of normal, non-eruption-causing behavior. And if you ever worry, Yellowstone is also well-wired to see all the real time data, including earthquakes in the region and in the park, temperatures of hot springs, webcams, deformation within the caldera and hydrologic changes in the area. You would expect that if Yellowstone were headed towards an eruption, we would see lots of rapid inflation, lots of constant seismicity that gets shallower through time, a change in the temperature/composition of the hydrothermal systems and possibly even cracks forming in the land around the caldera. In other words, there will be lots of signs. So, the next time you see a doomdays article about Yellowstone, remember, calderas are busy places and the media loves its disasters." |
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Yellowstone Volcano is way over due -
ArgosyTn,
1/27/2011, 10:57 am- Re: Yellowstone Volcano is way over due - nyjames11955, 1/27/2011, 10:10 pm
- All you can do is run - JAC, 1/27/2011, 2:25 pm
- Wouldnt ya know it - JAC, 1/27/2011, 1:22 pm
- Re: Yellowstone Volcano is way over due - ArgosyTn, 1/27/2011, 11:40 am
- Strong swarm off Japan underway - JAC, 1/27/2011, 11:32 am
- Re: Yellowstone Volcano is way over due - JAC, 1/27/2011, 11:11 am
- from Erik Klemetti, via "BigThink" - CypressTX, 1/27/2011, 11:06 am
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