Tetons County, Wyoming – Scientists at the prestigious University of Utah said that Yellowstone’s magma has reached higher magnitudes and is currently greater than previous. Most of the reservoirs have developed newly; the researchers posted in a Science Journal on Thursday.
There are also studies that portray there are enough volumes of hot rock beneath the attractions of Yellowstone national park, to cover up the size of Grand Canyon – 14 times over.
Yellowstone happens to be an exquisite destination for millions of people across the world when stroll between 300 active, bubbling, boiling, hissing vents of geysers. Researchers dub this place as one of the biggest time bombs ever formed naturally in Earth’s history.
The current condition
The entire park is a super-volcano; it’s enormous and have puzzled geophysicists since the inception of scientific research. Off late, a research group had been conducting series of researches on the active geysers at Yellowstone, scanning and fathoming the great depths. Finally, the group has made a bombshell discovery.
Evolution of geysers overtime at Yellowstone
The Utah scientists developed a 3D image-based depiction of the enormous geothermal structure located under Yellowstone. The latest researches may throw light on the previous eruptions and the enormity of the forthcoming if probable.
The heat resource of the magma reaches 440-1800 miles beneath the surface of the earth. This voluminous heat is fueling the newly formed reservoirs. There is a magma chamber atop the reservoir—3-9 miles beneath the earth’s surface, streaming puddles, fueling geysers and other present hot attractions. Alone, it has a huge volume, more than 2.5 times the size of Grand Canyon.
Eruptions do not look imminent
The scientists corroborated that there were hardly any signs of imminent eruption. The magma cavities have solid yet scorching rocks that are hollow within and are filled in with available pockets of liquefied rocks.
One of the researchers, Robert B. Smith said that with these latest researches, the scientists now have a better understanding of the crustal magma system.
The scientists have put together all probabilities and stated that there is one chance in 700,000 for eruptions to occur, only if suddenly struck by lightning.