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New Studies Illustrate Yellowstone's Geology

KUER 90.1
Published December 17, 2009 at 10:40 AM MST
New seismic data has been used to create an image of the plume rising from the earth's mantle beneat Yellowstone National Park.
University of Utah
New seismic data has been used to create an image of the plume rising from the earth's mantle beneat Yellowstone National Park.

By Dan Bammes

http://stream.publicbroadcasting.net/production/mp3/kuer/local-kuer-876289.mp3

Salt Lake City, UT –

University of Utah geophysics professor Robert Smith has spent a career studying the supervolcano that lies beneath Yellowstone National Park. New data is providing a clearer picture than ever before. Smith is presenting his data to the American Geophysical Union meeting in San Francisco December 18th.

University of Utah Seismology and Active Tectonics Research Group website
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