Yellowstone Volcano
Biology Paper
Michael
5/10/12
The Yellowstone volcano has the potential to destroy all life on Earth. I believe that the volcano will erupt because the Yellowstone volcano is still active. The volcano has not erupted any time recently, and could make it even more dangerous the longer it stays dormant. If it does erupt, how would it wipe out the population on Earth? Will this event be significant to our generation? What are some of the statistics on the Yellowstone volcano? Is there a way to prevent the eruption? If we can’t stop it where would it be safe during the eruption? How will this huge eruption effect plantlife? What would happen after the eruption? The Yellowstone volcano is a huge volcano located in Yellowstone National Park in the U.S. The volcano is identified as a caldera. A caldera is shaped more like an inverse volcano. Calderas are the most catastrophic volcanoes out there. They consist of an enormous magma chamber. The Yellowstone stone magma chamber is particularly large. It is only four miles below the Earth’s surface and the chamber is forty miles wide. Forty miles of nearly pure magma could cause a huge amount of damage if it was released. The volcano is nearly 20,000 years over due for an eruption. The last erution caused the formation of a caldera 53 miles wide and 28 miles long. This eruption occured about 650,000 years ago. The Yellowstone volcano also powers around 10,000 hydrothermal features. These features include hotsprings, mudpots, and geysers. The most well known geyser that is located in the Yellowstone Park is “Old Faithful. The volcano also has enough power to blast magma and ash 50 kilometers into the air(BOOK). The Yellowstone volcano has been dormant for about 6,000 years(ST). As the volcano is dormant the more pressure builds up in the magma reservoir, and conduit of the volcano. This causes the volcano to be almost like a tea pot. Meaning the longer it sits there filling up with more
Michael
5/10/12
The Yellowstone volcano has the potential to destroy all life on Earth. I believe that the volcano will erupt because the Yellowstone volcano is still active. The volcano has not erupted any time recently, and could make it even more dangerous the longer it stays dormant. If it does erupt, how would it wipe out the population on Earth? Will this event be significant to our generation? What are some of the statistics on the Yellowstone volcano? Is there a way to prevent the eruption? If we can’t stop it where would it be safe during the eruption? How will this huge eruption effect plantlife? What would happen after the eruption? The Yellowstone volcano is a huge volcano located in Yellowstone National Park in the U.S. The volcano is identified as a caldera. A caldera is shaped more like an inverse volcano. Calderas are the most catastrophic volcanoes out there. They consist of an enormous magma chamber. The Yellowstone stone magma chamber is particularly large. It is only four miles below the Earth’s surface and the chamber is forty miles wide. Forty miles of nearly pure magma could cause a huge amount of damage if it was released. The volcano is nearly 20,000 years over due for an eruption. The last erution caused the formation of a caldera 53 miles wide and 28 miles long. This eruption occured about 650,000 years ago. The Yellowstone volcano also powers around 10,000 hydrothermal features. These features include hotsprings, mudpots, and geysers. The most well known geyser that is located in the Yellowstone Park is “Old Faithful. The volcano also has enough power to blast magma and ash 50 kilometers into the air(BOOK). The Yellowstone volcano has been dormant for about 6,000 years(ST). As the volcano is dormant the more pressure builds up in the magma reservoir, and conduit of the volcano. This causes the volcano to be almost like a tea pot. Meaning the longer it sits there filling up with more