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To: katana

Inevitable indeed. From what they’ve been able to discern, the eruptions occur when the magma finds a weak spot in the crust. The caldera appears to ‘move’ since the plate has crept along over millions of years. Literally a matter of time until it finds another release point.


38 posted on 09/02/2014 8:32:47 PM PDT by edpc (Wilby 2016)
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To: edpc
Inevitable indeed. From what they’ve been able to discern, the eruptions occur when the magma finds a weak spot in the crust. The caldera appears to ‘move’ since the plate has crept along over millions of years. Literally a matter of time until it finds another release point.

Correct. My understanding (I'm not sure where I read this) is that a relatively thick / strong area of the crust has "recently"* covered the magma "hot spot", so we should be "ok" for a while, at least as regards a monster eruption. That still doesn't keep Yellowstone from being a very active area!

*In geologic terms.

49 posted on 09/02/2014 10:00:44 PM PDT by Paul R. (Leftists desire to control everything; In the end they invariably control nothing worth a damn.)
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