Based on our knowledge of Yellowstone’s eruptive history, the annual probability of a volcanic eruption is on the order of ...

People visit Yellowstone National Park every year to observe its wildlife and vast array of hydrothermal features. One question that lurks in the back of many visitors’ minds as they traverse through ...

Written by Mark Stelten, deputy scientist-in-charge at the Yellowstone Volcano Observatory, the post analyzes the v olcano's eruptive history and current activity to show that the sleeping giant ...

Yellowstone Caldera Chronicles is a weekly column written by scientists and collaborators of the Yellowstone Volcano Observatory. This week's contribution is from Mark Stelten, research geologist ...

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Scientists will be drilling a 1.3-mile-deep borehole into an active volcano to tap into the potentially limitless energy from the magma ...

The 3.9 earthquake occurred in September of 2022, and its epicenter was around 7 miles from Steamboat, which is in the Norris Geyser Basin of Yellowstone National Park in Wyoming. “Somebody ran ...

Mark Stelten has conducted research on magmatic systems since 2008 with an emphasis on geochronology and geochemistry. He has worked on a variety of volcanic and plutonic systems over the course of ...

When a volcano is restless ... For example, no eruptions have occurred in Yellowstone National Park during the past 70,000 years. From 160,000 years ago to 70,000 years ago, however rhyolite ...