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  • Yellowstone magma plume studied

    12/16/2009 12:17:19 PM PST · by george76 · 62 replies · 2,863+ views
    .UPI ^ | Dec. 15, 2009 | Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research
    University of Utah scientists say seismic images of the plumbing feeding the Yellowstone supervolcano show a magma plume much larger than previously thought. Scientists say they've imaged a plume of hot and molten rock rising at an angle from the northwest at a depth of at least 410 miles, contradicting claims there is no deep plume, only shallow hot rock moving like slowly boiling soup. A related University of Utah study used gravity measurements to indicate the banana-shaped magma chamber of hot and molten rock a few miles beneath Yellowstone is 20 percent larger than previously believed, so a future...