Huge chunk of Yellowstone National Park, the size of Chicago, is 'breathing' in and out due to magma trapped underneath the surface

Daily Mail ^ | 3/20/20 | Stacy Liberatore

[LibWhacker]

• An area at the center of the Norris Geyser Basin was found to inflate and deflate
• Experts have determined a intrusion of magma under the surface is to blame
• Magma became trapped at the top and pushed the rocks up above it
• The magma has since receded, putting the pulsating on pause for now 

  An area the size of Chicago in Yellowstone National Park has been inflating and deflating by several inches over the past decade

  The Norris Geyser Basin, the oldest, hottest and most dynamic thermal area in the park, was observed to rise 5.9 inches each year from 2013 to 2015 - an unusual event that left researchers baffled.

  Now, using satellite radar and GPS data, experts have determined the ground deformation was caused by magma intrusions trapped below the basin's surface.

  As magma made its way to the surface, the pressure pushed rocks above it up and created an erratic pulsating effect, according to National Geographic.

  This is the first time the scientific community has been able to track an entire episode of magma intrusion, which they say is a common occurrence throughout Yellowstone.  

[sasquatch]

https://volcanoes.usgs.gov/observatories/yvo/index.html

[sasquatch]

https://volcanoes.usgs.gov/observatories/yvo/index.html

[Robert DeLong]

Yeah, that is all we need right now.

[LibWhacker]

Oh, good maps, thanks.

[Glad2bnuts]

I would love to see a time lapse photography of this happening. Of course at a big enough spacing so it would actually be interesting.

[Tilted Irish Kilt]

ping

[Paladin2]

"Vulcanologists"

Spock is in on this?

[JohnBovenmyer]

News loves to tSlk about the 3 big Yellowstone eruptions, but seldom mention and detail that it has had lots of smaller ones, many since last big one 630k years ago. If we see an eruption there odds are it would be another smaller one. Media hasn’t told us what to expect from such and how to know it’s not a big one. Excessive panic is likely. In a really big one panic won’t matter... long.

[Paladin2]

Well, how many specific content courses does one have to pass at the Uni to get a degree in either area?

Post graduation Experience? Seems to count way less these days.

[Where do the media get THEIR credentials in any topical subject matter?]

[Getready]

Wont take much to push us over....remember the twilight zone episode...”the monsters are due on maple street”

[Fireone]

It will come out, when Chuck Norris allows it to come out.

[Paladin2]

[Getready]

How dare yellowstone erupt!

[Empireoftheatom48]

Yes it would really be the big one. A really big one.

[steve86]

How would the time lapse photography work since the the cameras would go up and down with the landform?

[Glad2bnuts]

cameras mounted outside the area?

[pax_et_bonum]

Lol!!

[MrChips]

Someone in China is digging a hole to get to America.

[MrChips]

Someone in China is digging a hole to get to America.

[Brooklyn Attitude]

I keep telling people that the Earth is trying to kill us and has been for a hundred thousand years. Its time for us to go on the offensive.