The most recent eruption of the Yellowstone caldera occurred approximately 640,000 years ago, while the last lava flow happened around 70,000 years ago. These events, though ancient by human ...

Kenneth Sims and other research scientists recently discovered that mafic volcanism of Henrys Fork Caldera -- located in ...

"The great basin," he wrote ... The "hot spot" responsible for the Yellowstone caldera has erupted dozens of times in the past, going back some 18 million years. Since the hot spot is rooted ...

Researchers have identified a stable, gas-venting magma cap beneath Yellowstone, reducing eruption risk and advancing ...

Yellowstone is most famous for huge explosive eruptions that create large calderas. Outside Yellowstone Caldera, however, ...

Yellowstone volcanism has produced some of the youngest rocks in North America. This same region also features some of the ...

A group of US Geological Survey (USGS) geologists have discovered signs of rhyolitic volcanism in the northeast-shifting Yellowstone caldera. The Yellowstone Caldera, a volcanic caldera and ...

For an area like Yellowstone, it’s a great fit. With this approach ... storage zone lies under the northeast part of Yellowstone Caldera, with a volume comparable to the smallest past ...