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	Yellowstone Lake - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Yellowstone Lake is the largest body of water in Yellowstone National Park, The lake is 7,732 feet (2,376 m) above sea level and covers 136 square miles with 110 miles (177 km) of shoreline.
		In the southwest area of the lake the West Thumb geothermal area is easily accessible to visitors.
		After the magma chamber under the Yellowstone area collapsed 600,000 years ago in its previous great eruption, it formed a large caldera that was later partially filled by subsequent lava flows (see Yellowstone Caldera).
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Yellowstone_Lake (658 words)

	Geothermal areas of Yellowstone - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The geothermal areas of Yellowstone include several geyser basins in Yellowstone National Park as well as other geothermal features such as hot springs (including mud pots) and fumaroles.
		Water erupting from Yellowstone's geysers is superheated above the boiling point to an average of 204 °F (95.5 °C) as it immediately leaves the vent; the water cools significantly while airborne and is no longer scalding hot by the time it strikes the ground, nearby boardwalks, or even spectators.
		As falling into geothermal features can be fatal, it is usually advisable to visit these areas with an experienced guide or at the very least, travelers need to ensure they remain on well marked trails.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Geothermal_areas_of_Yellowstone (1925 words)

	ipedia.com: Yellowstone National Park Article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Yellowstone is the first and oldest national park in the world and covers 8,980 km² (3,470 square miles), mostly in the northwest corner of Wyoming.
		It is the core of the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem, one of the largest intact temperate zone ecosystems remaining on the planet.
		The divide is a topographic ridgeline that bisects the continent between Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Ocean water drainages (the drainage from one third of the park is on the Pacific side of this divide).
	www.ipedia.com /yellowstone_national_park.html (2667 words)

	Yellowstone National Park: Encyclopedia topic (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Yellowstone is the first and oldest national park (national park: A tract of land declared by the national government to be public property) in the world and covers 3,470 square miles (8,980 km² (8,980 km²: more facts about this subject)), mostly in the northwest corner of Wyoming.
		Ecologists argued that fire is part of the Yellowstone ecosystem (ecosystem: A system formed by the interaction of a community of organisms with their physical environment) and that not allowing the fires to run their course (as has been the practice in the past) will result in a choked, sick and decaying forest.
		Yellowstone is at the northeast tip of a smooth U-shaped curve through the mountains, which is now the Snake River Plain (Snake River Plain: the snake river plain is a geological feature of (primarily) the american state of idaho....
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /reference/yellowstone_national_park (3574 words)

	Yellowstone National Park (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Yellowstone National Park, located in the states of Idaho, Montana, and Wyoming is the first and oldest national park in the world.
		Yellowstone is home to grizzly bears and wolves, and free-ranging herds of bison and elk.
		Ecologists argued that fire is part of the Yellowstone ecosystem and that not allowing the fires to run their course (as has been the practice in the past) will result in a choked, sick and decaying forrest.
	usapedia.com /y/yellowstone-national-park.html (2449 words)

	Volcano - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		For example, the Yellowstone Caldera in Yellowstone National Park is at least 2 million years old and hasn't erupted violently for approximately 640,000 years, although there has been some minor activity relatively recently, with hydrothermal eruptions less than 10,000 years ago and lava flows about 70,000 years ago.
		In fact, because the caldera has frequent earthquakes, a very active geothermal system (i.e., the entirety of the geothermal activity found in Yellowstone National Park), and rapid rates of ground uplift, many scientists consider it to be an active volcano.
		Yellowstone is cited as another classic example; in this case this involves continental crust because it is far inland.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Volcano (5844 words)

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		The time between cataclysmic eruptions in the Yellowstone area has ranged from 600,000 to 900,000 years but the small number of such climax eruptions can not be used to make a prediction for the time range for the next climax eruption.
		Two areas in particular at the foci of the elliptically-shaped caldera are raising faster than the rest of the plateau.
		millimetres a year while the rest of the caldera area of the plateau is uplifting at 12.5 mm/yr.
	www.exodus2006.com /fab/Yellowstone.htm (770 words)

	Yellowstone National Park - (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Yellowstone is widely considered to be the finest megafauna wildlife habitat in the lower 48 states.
		The Yellowstone Lake Cutthroat Trout is a highly sought after trophy fish by anglers yet has been threatened in recent years by the suspicious introduction of lake trout that compete for spawning grounds and are known to consume smaller cutthroat trout.
		However, ranchers in surrounding areas are concerned about wolves that venture outside the park and prey on their livestock, especially sheep and cattle.
	psychcentral.com /psypsych/Yellowstone (3859 words)

	The UnMuseum: Yellowstone Super-Volcano
		Yellowstone is the crown jewel of the United States national park system.
		In the area surrounding Yellowstone, 3000 square miles were subjected to a flow of pyroclastic material composed of 240 cubic miles of hot ash and pumice.
		As fascinating as the history of Yellowstone volcano is, however, most professional geologists who study the site are not concerned that the park is on the brink of a catastrophic eruption.
	www.unmuseum.org /supervol.htm (1607 words)

	Travel USA Travel - Yellowstone National Park - USA Tourist (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Yellowstone was the first National Park created by the US government in 1876 to preserve the natural beauty of this strange and beautiful place.
		Yellowstone is 75 miles north of Jackson Wyoming, 50 miles west of Cody Wyoming, 75 miles southeast of Bozeman Montana and 100 miles northeast of Idaho Falls Idaho.
		Yellowstone National Park is not a zoo and the animals are not tame.
	www.usatourist.com /english/places/yellowstone (1774 words)

	Should geothermal energy be developed? (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Put simply, geothermal energy is using the internal heat of the earth to derive usable energy to create electricity, generate hot water or heat buildings.
		Geothermal energy is already being used in the Yellowstone region, as you can read about in Using Geothermal Energy in Montana.
		Geothermal Energy (more info) This site provides a nice background on geothermal energy, and gives specific examples of environmental imapcts that need to be addressed.
	serc.carleton.edu /research_education/yellowstone/geothermal.html (1278 words)

	CVO Website - Yellowstone Caldera, Wyoming
		Yellowstone's hydrothermal system is among the largest and most active in the world, and its historical seismicity and uplift are comparable to those at the most active calderas...
		Yellowstone is the oldest national park in the world and one of the leading tourist attractions in North America.
		Yellowstone lies at the intersection of the Basin and Range tectonic province, dominated by E-W extension, and the eastern Snake River Plain, a linear downwarp or graben that has been a locus for basaltic volcanism since middle Miocene time.
	vulcan.wr.usgs.gov /Volcanoes/Yellowstone/description_yellowstone.html (3108 words)

	Yellowstone National Park Pictures - Geothermal, Geysers (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		These are all scanned photos of the geothermal areas of Yellowstone National Park from our trip to western parks in 2002.
		When the water stops in a given area, it turns grey but the shapes are still interesting.
		Yellowstone is a huge park and without some kind of a guide you'll probably stumble across interesting things, but you'll have a much better time with a little more information than the park map they give you at the gate.
	www.eljay.org /west/yt.html (286 words)

	Camping at Recreate.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Even though the park is huge, you can easily travel from one camping area to the next each day and have plenty of time to set up camp and explore the scenery as you go.
		Other popular geothermal areas at Yellowstone are the Mamoth Hot Springs at the northern part of the park and the Norris Basin which has the tallest, active geyser in the park.
		Yellowstone is one of the most popular camping destinations in the world--during the summer.
	www.recreate.com /Pages/outdoors/camping.shtml (935 words)

	Idaho Observer: Scientists monitoring Yellowstone geologic activity (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		There is an area that is 28 miles long by 7 miles wide that has bulged upward over five inches since 1996, and this year the ground temperature on that bulge has reached over 200 degrees (measured one inch below ground level).
		Many of the picnic areas in the Park have been closed and people visiting the Park usually stay but a few hours before leaving since the stench of sulfur is so strong they literally can't stand the smell.
		Though geologists publicly admit Yellowstone is “overdue,” they have been quoted as stating another massive magma release may not occur for 100,000 or 2 million years.
	proliberty.com /observer/20031219.htm (567 words)

	Yellowstone Geographic - Microscopic Wildlife in Yellowstone National Park (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Yellowstone National Park is the home of a large intact ecosystem consisting of wolves, grizzly bears, elk, bison, and many other large species.
		The hot springs of many geyser basins are teeming with organisms living at the "edge." The beautiful colors of many of the geothermal springs in the Park occur as the result of the presence of a variety of tiny, heat-loving organisms.
		Luckily, the organisms that live in Yellowstone's unique geothermal areas have inadvertently been preserved along with these geothermal features.
	www.yellowstonegeographic.com /printarticle.asp?id=215 (740 words)

	The Energy Story - Chapter 10: GEOTHERMAL ENERGY
		The red areas on the map show where there are known geothermal areas.
		Some of the areas have so much steam and hot water that it can be used to generate electricity.
		A geothermal power plant is like in a regular power plant except that no fuel is burned to heat water into steam.
	www.energyquest.ca.gov /story/chapter11.html (1113 words)

	Eureka! \| The San Diego Union-Tribune
		In parts of Yellowstone National Park, the local elk appear to be dying prematurely.
		The affected elk live in areas of the park dotted with hot pools and geysers rich in naturally occurring fluoride.
		Elk in the geothermal areas of Yellowstone live, on average, just 10 to 15 years while elk elsewhere average 20 to 25 years.
	www.signonsandiego.com /uniontrib/20040225/news_lz1c25eureka.html (431 words)

	Geyser.Com
		Geothermal areas occur in a lot of places on the Earth.
		The Table in this window lists a few of the major geothermal areas of the world and their heat flow.
		Within a large geothermal area, such as Yellowstone, you are most likely to notice the effects of higher heat flow when you encounter a geyser basin.
	www.geyser.com /page6.html (226 words)

	Useful Information - Fun Things to Do in and Around Bozeman
		Yellowstone National Park (YNP) lies just two hours south of Bozeman and is the oldest national park in the U.S. It is a vast area that has interesting geothermal features (geysers, mudpots and hot springs), abundant wildlife and numerous hiking, biking, skiing and boating opportunities.
		The West Yellowstone entrance will take you to the famous Old Faithful geyser and to many other geothermal areas, to Yellowstone Lake and the Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone.
		The Bozeman area is famous for fly fishing, but many people fish in the line and bait style as well.
	www.montana.edu /international/bozfun.htm (3587 words)

	Is volcanism caused by a deep-seated mantle plume?
		Yellowstone's geothermal areas are a surface manifestation of deeper-seated geologic activity...but how deep does it go?
		The identification of the Yellowstone - Snake River Plain goes back to the origination of the mantle plume concept by Morgan (1971) (more info), and a variety of evidence supports at least an upper mantle origin of the geologic features along the Yellowstone-Snake River Plain.
		Here is a list of resources which summarize the geology of the Yellowstone hotspot track, from its inception to its present activity in Yellowstone, as well as its effect on the regional geology, geochemistry, tectonics, and paleolatitude/paleoclimate of the Pacific Northwest.
	serc.carleton.edu /research_education/yellowstone/mantle_plume.html (649 words)

	Archive, Pecos Enterprise, Pecos, Texas
		Geothermal plants are built over underground hot spots, where magma is relatively close to the Earth's surface.
		A total of 2,800 megawatts of geothermal power is produced in the United States, 2,500 megawatts of that in California.
		Richardson said his goal is to double the number of states with geothermal plants to eight by 2006 and expand production to 20,000 megawatts by 2020, which would represent 10 percent of the electric market in the West.
	www.pecos.net /news/arch2000/012600p.htm (3122 words)

	RESEARCH
		Introduction: Yellowstone's steaming geysers and turquoise hot springs fascinate millions of visitors every summer, and some of these visitors have recently included scientists attracted to these geothermal features by the thermophilic microorganisms that live in them.
		Background: Several years ago we began to survey some of the extensive surface geothermal areas within YNP - which is only 90 miles from Bozeman - for the existence of unusually heat adapted plants.
		Because of the relatively constant geothermal heating compared to diurnal heating by the sun, we suspected that these plants might possess novel cellular mechanisms that allow them to survive extended periods of heat stress.
	plantsciences.montana.edu /stout/hotplants/research.htm (526 words)

	Current Events / Workshop (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The Yellowstone National Park geothermal ecosystem is generally considered to be supported by sulfur metabolism, but preliminary results indicate unexpectedly that hydrogen-metabolizing organisms, both known and novel consortia or communities, may dominate this and other geothermal ecosystems.
		Yellowstone Center for Resources, Yellowstone National Park, WY The idea of setting aside some of the most beautiful and remarkable places in the world as national parks began with Yellowstone some 131 years ago, and has blossomed into over 10,000 parks and equivalent reserves in over 160 nations.
		The two geothermal areas are a highly altered solfatara in Rabbit Creek, Midway Geyser Basin and a less mature solfatara in Ragged Hills, Norris Geyser Basin.
	tbi.montana.edu /events/workshop.html (10011 words)

	caldera (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Yellowstone Park Official - The person who knows all of the facts about Yellowstone's caldera and the history of the caldera.
		Yellowstone is the largest and oldest national park system in the United States.
		While scientists have yet to fully understand the massive power of the geothermal features of the park, which are extraordinary and beautiful, the forces can also be life-threatening and destructive.
	www.members.tripod.com /tdebuff/webquest.htm (821 words)

	Yellowstone National Park - Nature & Science
		Since many major features are located near roads and developed areas, major maintenance and construction activities must be carefully designed and monitored so as not to alter thermal features.
		Periodically, applications are made for geothermal leases in Known Geothermal Resource Areas (KGRAs) outside the park, such as in the Island Park KGRA west of the park, and the Corwin Springs KGRA north of YNP near LaDuke Hot Springs.
		Thus, research is needed to determine the extent to which YNP's geothermal systems connect with areas of lease application west and north of the boundary.
	www.nps.gov /yell/pphtml/subnaturalfeatures23.html (715 words)

	Dr. Thomas Pichler, Univeristy of South Florida
		Areas of active submarine gas and fluid venting were discovered off-shore Lihir.
		In addition to the off-shore hot springs several on-shore hot springs were mapped and sampled for comparison of the two environments.
		On-shore hot springs are characterized by the occurrence of hot pools, hot mud, boiling springs and geysers and may be compared to other geothermal areas (e.g., Yellowstone National Park and Steamboat Springs, Nevada).
	chuma.cas.usf.edu /~pichler/images/Photo_Gallery/Lihir_abstract.html (382 words)

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