Also the one where the evidence of prior catastrophic eruptions is all over the place. They blew a path through a mountain range in Idaho.
http://volcanoes.usgs.gov/volcanoes/yellowstone/yellowstone_geo_hist_52.html
Also the one where the evidence of prior catastrophic eruptions is all over the place. They blew a path through a mountain range in Idaho.
http://volcanoes.usgs.gov/volcanoes/yellowstone/yellowstone_geo_hist_52.html
It’s one thing to call something “evidence” and yet another thing to really understand what you’re looking at. This kind of bad science is all over the place. The same effect could be caused by several smaller eruptions. Nobody was around millions of years ago, least of all these scientists.
The evidence shows it erupting repeatedly along that valley, but I don't there there's good evidence it actually "blew through" a mountain range. The eruptions have been following a path of least resistance but if the hotspot keeps traveling northwest like that it's actually going to end up underneath a mountain range and some geologists believe that will cap future eruptions for a long time.