Charles Wicks
Charles Wicks
causes coming creek dome maybe sour surface
Magma's always coming up in Sour Creek dome and going through the system. But maybe there are pulses when more comes up. That may be what causes the surface to rise.
episode normal sure
We're not sure yet if this is a normal episode or not.
dynamic event expected plumbing tells works
We hadn't expected an event like that. The caldera is a lot more dynamic than we thought, and this tells us more about how the plumbing of the caldera works as well.
evidence feature normal ongoing study sure suspect
This is probably an ongoing feature in Yellowstone. We've only been able to study it like this for 10 years, so we're still not sure what's normal and what's not. But there's no evidence yet to suspect an eruption.