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  • Yellowstone caldera's pushing earth

    02/22/2009 4:14:03 PM PST · by Flavius · 57 replies · 2,774+ views
    casperstartribune ^ | February 16, 2009 | By BRETT FRENCH
    The gradual uplift of Yellowstone National Park's caldera is pushing the earth's crust southwest along the Snake River Plain, affecting much of the Great Basin. "It adds energy to the whole system that we see," said Bob Smith, a University of Utah geophysicist who works with the Yellowstone Volcano Observatory. "It adds to the whole deformation and expands the Great Basin to the west."