[Rockhounds] New Yellowstone supereruptions discovered - it might be calming down

[Paul]

What the New Discovery of Ancient Super-Eruptions
Indicates for the Yellowstone Hotspot
Geological Society Of America, SciTechDaily, June 21, 2020
https://scitechdaily.com/what-the-new-discovery-of-ancient-super-eruptions-indicates-for-the-yellowstone-hotspot/

Yellowstone’s Supervolcano Is a Hot Spot, but
It May Be Calming Down. Some researchers
interpret a new timeline of some of the formation’s
biggest eruptions as evidence that its activity is waning.
by Matt Kaplan, New York Times, June 18, 2020
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/18/science/yellowstone-supervolcano-eruption.html

Biggest Ever Yellowstone Eruption Revealed.
The ancient supervolcano under the national park
was much more explosive in its early history and
could be slowing down, a new study suggests
By SHannon Hall, Scientific American, June 15, 2020
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/biggest-ever-yellowstone-eruption-revealed1/

The open access paper is:

Knott, T.R., Branney, M.J., Reichow, M.K., Finn, D.R.,
Tapster, S., and Coe, R.S. 2020, Discovery of two new
super-eruptions from the Yellowstone hotspot track
(USA): Is the Yellowstone hotspot waning?” Geology.
June 1, 2020, DOI: 10.1130/G47384.1
https://pubs.geoscienceworld.org/gsa/geology/article/doi/10.1130/G47384.1/586793/Discovery-of-two-new-super-eruptions-from-the

Yours,

Paul H.