Friday, January 22, 2010

Yellowstone's Plumbing Reveals Plume of Hot and Molten Rock 410 Miles Deep

Science News Yellowstone's Plumbing Reveals Plume of Hot and Molten Rock 410 Miles Deep
ScienceDaily (Dec. 14, 2009) — The most detailed seismic images yet published of the plumbing that feeds the Yellowstone supervolcano shows a plume of hot and molten rock rising at an angle from the northwest at a depth of at least 410 miles, contradicting claims that there is no deep plume, only shallow hot rock moving like slowly boiling soup.

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