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YELLOWSTONE VOLCANO OBSERVATORY MONTHLY UPDATEFriday, July 1, 2011 11:31 AM MDT (Friday, July 1, 2011 17:31 UTC)

YELLOWSTONE VOLCANO(CAVW #1205-01-) 44 25'48" N 110 40'12" W, Summit Elevation 9203 foot (2805 m) Current Volcano Alert Level:NORMALCurrent Aviation Color Code:GREEN

During the thirty days regarding June 2011, 64 earthquakes were positioned in that Yellowstone National Park region. The largest seemed to be a degree 2.3 affair with June 19 during 3:14 AM MDT, located about 10 mile after mile south southeast with West Yellowstone, MT. No swarms were documented with June.

Earthquake activity persists with somewhat low track record levels. For a map associated with recently available earthquakes, make sure you see:

http://w.seis.utah.edu/req2webdir/recenteqs/Maps/Yellowstone.html

Ground Deformation Summary: The period of caldera uplift of which began with 2007 ended around 12 month ago. Since then, the particular caldera features been subsiding, even though seasonal deformation through floor water modifications might temporarily cover up this trend. Please see: http://w.uusatrg.utah.edu/ts_ysrp.html for your map with GPS channels inside Yellowstone vicinity. For a chart of regular GPS postures at White Lake, inside of the actual Yellowstone caldera, i highly recommend you see: http://pboweb.unavco.org/shared/scripts/stations/?checkkey=WLWY&sec=timeseries_plotseries=raw.

The Yellowstone Volcano Observatory (YVO) is usually a joint venture from the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), Yellowstone National Park , along with University associated with Utah to tone the particular long-term monitoring connected with volcanic as well as earthquake unrest inside Yellowstone National Park region. Yellowstone will be web-site from the premier and the majority numerous collection of herbal energy features on the globe as well as primary National Park. YVO is definitely one of the particular five USGS Volcano Observatories which observe volcanoes while in the United States pertaining to knowledge along with open public safety.

CONTACT INFORMATION: Jacob Lowenstern, USGS Scientist-in-Charge, Yellowstone Volcano Observatory jlwnstrn@usgs.gov

Robert Smith, University associated with Utah Coordinating Scientist, YVO

Henry Heasler, Yellowstone National Park Coordinating Scientist, YVO

The Yellowstone Volcano Observatory (YVO) has been established as a alliance among the list of U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), Yellowstone National Park, and University regarding Utah in order to fortify the actual long-term supervising of volcanic and also earthquake unrest while in the Yellowstone National Park region. Yellowstone may be the site with the biggest and most different selection with natural thermal characteristics in the world as well as first National Park. YVO is one of many personal trainer USGS Volcano Observatories which observe volcanoes while in the United States with regard to scientific discipline and also arrest safety.

Features New Study Reveals Gassy Link to Past Earthquake Swarm

A different collaborative study by means of USGS and also other scientists functions sapling development jewelry to know whether geothermal gas output improved following 1978 earthquake swarm at Yellowstone. By measure the quality of a selected isotope associated with carbon (carbon-14) inside this rings, the experts considered this gas discharge extra as compared with doubled at the time regarding the particular swarm. The crew expectations make use of methods in this way that will better fully grasp that earthquake record at Yellowstone. The is released around Geology.

New Yellowstone Research in the University involving Utah

Scientists in the University of Utah, a YVO partner, just lately posted not one but two content articles in . The first article, composed by simply Jamie Farrell and colleagues, summarizes research within the Yellowstone Lake swarm lately 2008 along with earlier 2009. The alternative article, authored by simply Wu-Lung Chang and also colleagues, discusses the particular temporal properties belonging to the accelerated caldera uplift somewhere between 2008 plus 2010.

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