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The Sources and the Plumbing Yellowstone

editor — Wed, 29 Jun 2016 16:00:00 +0000

Snowmelt and rainfall provide the water by soaking into the ground locally and from the surrounding mountain ranges. The water flows deep into the geyser basin as groundwater, reaching many hundreds of feet (meters) below ground level, as shown in the diagram. The still-hot volcanic rocks found below Yellowstone’s geyser basins provide the source for heating the water. The rocks continually receive more heat where there is magma (molten rock) a few miles below. The plumbing that all geysers have consists of a vent connected to a narrow crack that goes down into the hot rocks, widening into chambers and

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About Yellowstone’s Geysers

editor — Sat, 18 Jun 2016 06:40:00 +0000

The number of hot springs in the park has been estimated to be around 10,000; geysers active at any one time number at least 500. No one knows the exact numbers. However, the Y.N.P. Spatial Analysis Center is now assembling a baseline inventory of geothermal features. Since 2006 the Thermal Biology Institute of Montana State University at Bozeman has been using this inventory to provide an online data set and to coordinate the efforts of thermal researchers. Browse the geothermal features database at: www.rcn. montana.edu/resources/. Some people are not enthralled by geyser basins. You might agree with Owen Wister, author

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