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  2. Geothermal areas of Yellowstone - Wikipedia

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    The number of thermal features in Yellowstone is estimated at 10,000. [1] A study [2] that was completed in 2011 found that a total of 1,283 geysers have erupted in Yellowstone, 465 of which are active during an average year. These are distributed among nine geyser basins, with a few geysers found in smaller thermal areas throughout the Park.

  3. Yellowstone Caldera - Wikipedia

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    In respect of it being "well-known for its past explosive volcanic eruptions and lava flows as well for its world class hydrothermal system", the International Union of Geological Sciences (IUGS) included "The Yellowstone volcanic and hydrothermal system" in its assemblage of 100 geological heritage sites around the world in a listing published ...

  4. List of Yellowstone geothermal features - Wikipedia

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    Geothermal features of Yellowstone Name Location Image; A-0 Geyser: Lower Geyser Basin: Abyss Pool: West Thumb Geyser Basin: Anemone Geyser: Upper Geyser Basin

  5. Yellowstone Plateau Volcanic Field - Wikipedia

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    The Yellowstone Caldera has two resurgent domes formed by magma upwelling called Sour Creek and Mallard Lakes. [8] The magma chambers under the Yellowstone Caldera provides heat and energy for large hydrothermal systems. [8] [9] The Yellowstone Caldera has the greatest concentration of hydrothermal features in the world, and is an active system ...

  6. Yellowstone’s popular Biscuit Basin is closed for the summer ...

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    Yellowstone National Park’s Biscuit Basin will remain closed for the remainder of the 2024 season ... and sampling water to assess any changes in the shallow hydrothermal plumbing system. ...

  7. American West Nostalgia: Gander at Volcanic Eruptions, Wolves ...

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    Hot springs are the most common hydrothermal feature in Yellowstone. They could boil a human alive in seconds. On my visit, I saw the decaying bones of an unlucky mammal in one of the springs.

  8. Yellowstone eruption: What happened at Biscuit Basin ... - AOL

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    A hydrothermal explosion violently shook part of Yellowstone National Park's Biscuit Basin Tuesday. Here's what we know and the science behind it.

  9. File:Indian Pond (hydrothermal explosion crater) (Holocene ...

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    It formed about 3,000 years ago from a hydrothermal explosion event. Isotopic dating of charcoal immediately below the explosion deposit indicates the maximum age of Indian Pond is 3,078 to 3,154 years (see Pierce et al., 2007 - Postglacial inflation-deflation cycles, tilting, and faulting in the Yellowstone Caldera based on Yellowstone Lake ...