Though the volcano’s magma chambers could hold enough material for a caldera-forming event, none of them are likely to erupt soon.

Yellowstone's magma system shows new activity, with the northeast sector possibly hosting future volcanic activity.

Seismic imaging of the Yellowstone system has also identified a deeper magma body, likely composed of basalt — Earth’s most primitive magma type and the heat engine that helps to generate and sustain ...

Further, the magma reservoirs in the Yellowstone supervolcano are expected to reach much lower depths. Super volcanos like that under the national park are iconic for a number of reasons ...

Using advanced electromagnetic techniques, the study reveals a potential shift in magma activity under the Yellowstone ... volcanic activity. Yellowstone remains a critical area for geological ...

The research, published Jan. 1 in the journal Nature, found that rather than being stored in one big blob under Yellowstone, melted magma lurks in four separate reservoirs within the crust of the ...

Photo: Kerry Key/Columbia University Although the USGS identified pockets of melted rhyolite rock under all of Yellowstone, channels of magma connect the northeast rhyolite melt pockets to deeper ...

Despite an explosive summer at Yellowstone National ... it released so much magma from its underground reservoir that the ground above collapsed into the magma chamber, forming a massive ...

And a new study is helping paint a picture of the beast that lurks beneath the beauty of Yellowstone Park. A map of the magma reservoirs under Yellowstone ... an underground chamber of its ...

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The research, published Jan. 1 in the journal Nature, found that rather than being stored in one big blob under Yellowstone, melted magma lurks in four separate reservoirs within the crust of the ...