Though the volcano’s magma chambers could hold enough material for a caldera-forming event, none of them are likely to erupt soon.
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 ...
The biggest reservoir of rhyolitic magma found by the team is located in the northeastern area of Yellowstone. Below it, basaltic magma is migrating up from the lower crust, providing heat to the ...
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 ...
located under Yellowstone National Park in Wyoming, is capable of producing a devastating magnitude 8 eruption. Researchers analyzing the supervolcano's crater, or caldera, found magma inside is ...