which also suggest an overall low proportion of liquid magma beneath the surface. Seismic imaging of the Yellowstone system has also identified a deeper magma body, likely composed of basalt — Earth’s ...

Melt fractions above 40% are necessary to generate enough pressure to cause an eruption, the authors noted, and the magma in each storage chamber beneath Yellowstone is less than 20% melt.

Seismic imaging of the Yellowstone system has also identified a deeper magma body, likely composed of basalt—Earth’s most primitive magma type and the heat engine that helps to generate and sustain ...

the results from the magnetotelluric study are very similar to studies of the Yellowstone magmatic system using seismic data, which also suggest an overall low proportion of liquid magma beneath ...

A detailed look at Yellowstone's magma storage system finds that only one region is likely to host liquid magma in the long term. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an ...

A team from the United States Geological Survey (USGS), publishing last week in Nature Geoscience also measured the percentage of rock in Yellowstone magma reservoirs that's actually melted.

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Grand Prismatic Spring at Yellowstone National Park. A new study suggests that future ...

In the paper, a group of researchers says that magma levels beneath the Yellowstone Caldera are greater than we previously believed. But there’s no reason for people to worry, as the Yellowstone ...

The Krafla Magma Testbed (KMT) in Iceland is one of the first to attempt to drill into a magma chamber. This endeavour is planned for 2027 and would establish an underground magma chamber of about 2.1 ...

Johnson, Science Communication Associate at EarthScope Consortium. A number of studies have given us fascinating images showing Yellowstone’s magma reservoirs. But how are those images created?