(2) Yellowstone National Park is one the most traveled geologic sites in the world. Visitors from all over come to see thepark's star "Old Faithful" geyser erupt every 90 minutes or so. Yellowstone, however, is also one of the most dangerousgeologic sites in the world. It is known as a supervolcano, with a magma chamber 1000x greater than any other mappedNorthin the world. It is estimated that Yellowstone erupts violentlyevery 600,000 years on average (not including smaller lavaflows.) The last large explosive eruption happened 640,000years ago.250200Wisdom, MT150 100Montana50YellowstoneNatl. ParkWyomingIdaho0 -50 -100 -150 -200North-South-(kilometers)-2500-100.-2000-100--200--300--400--500--600--700100200-West-Depth (kilometers)Yellowstone is estimated to have 4000km³ of undergroundvolume. Further analysis in 2013 revealed that undergroundis approximately 7% full of magma (USGS.)What volume of magma can we assume was underground asof this 2013 data?What is the difference (in km) between the northern-most extent and the southern-most extent of this magma?How far down from the surface is the Yellowstone magma plume?How many years are we overdue from the next super eruption?1

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(2) Yellowstone National Park is one the most traveled geologic sites in the world. Visitors from all over come to see the
park's star "Old Faithful" geyser erupt every 90 minutes or so. Yellowstone, however, is also one of the most dangerous
geologic sites in the world. It is known as a supervolcano, with a magma chamber 1000x greater than any other mapped
North
in the world. It is estimated that Yellowstone erupts violently
every 600,000 years on average (not including smaller lava
flows.) The last large explosive eruption happened 640,000
years ago.
250
200
Wisdom, MT
150 100
Montana
50
Yellowstone
Natl. Park
Wyoming
Idaho
0 -50 -100 -150 -200
North-South-
(kilometers)
-250
0
-100.
-200
0
-100
--200
--300
--400
--500
--600
--700
100
200
-West-
Depth (kilometers)
Yellowstone is estimated to have 4000km³ of underground
volume. Further analysis in 2013 revealed that underground
is approximately 7% full of magma (USGS.)
What volume of magma can we assume was underground as
of this 2013 data?
What is the difference (in km) between the northern-most extent and the southern-most extent of this magma?
How far down from the surface is the Yellowstone magma plume?
How many years are we overdue from the next super eruption?
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Magma is significantly hot fluid or semi-fluid rock lying beneath the Earth's surface.

Mantle plume denotes a site beneath the Earth's crust in the mantle where extremely hot magma causes gradual thinning of the crust and emits through fissures and vents forming hotspots on the crust.