[Geysers] history of Yellowstone hot spot

[Lisa Morgan]

Several research papers have been written on the track of the Yellowstone 
hot spots by Ken Pierce and myself.   These include:

Pierce, Kenneth L., and Morgan, Lisa A., 1992, The track of the Yellowstone 
hot spot: Volcanism, faulting, and uplift, in Link, P.K., Kuntz, M.A., and 
Platt, L.B., eds., Regional geology of eastern Idaho and western Wyoming, 
Geological Society of America Memoir 179, p. 1-53.

Pierce, Kenneth L., Morgan, Lisa A., and Saltus, R.W., 2004, Yellowstone 
plume head: Postulated relations to the Vancouver slab, continental 
boundaries, and climate, in Bonnichsen, B., White, C.M., and McCurry, 
Michael, eds., Tectonic and Magmatic Evolution of the Snake River Plain 
Volcanic Province, Idaho Geological Survey Bulletin 30, p. 5-33.


Other papers of interest related to Yellowstone, the hot spot, and 
hydrothermal activity in Yellowstone that Ken, myself, and colleagues at 
the USGS have written are:

Morgan, L.A., and McIntosh, W.C., 2005, 40Ar/39Ar Ages of Silicic Volcanic 
Rocks in the Heise Volcanic Field, Eastern Snake River Plain, Idaho: Timing 
of Volcanism and Tectonism, Geological Society of America Bulletin, v. 117, 
no. 3/4, p. 288-306.

Lowenstern, Jacob B., Christiansen, Robert L., Smith, Robert B., Morgan, 
Lisa A., and Heasler, Henry, 2005, Steam Explosions, Earthquakes, and 
Volcanic Eruptions­What’s in Yellowstone’s Future?, U.S. Geological Survey 
Fact Sheet 2005-3024, 2005, 6 p.

Morgan, Lisa A. and Shanks, W.C. Pat III, 2005, Influences of rhyolitic 
lava flows on hydrothermal processes in Yellowstone Lake and on the 
Yellowstone Plateau, in William P. Inskeep and Timothy R. McDermott (eds.), 
Geothermal Biology and Geochemistry in Yellowstone National Park, p. 31-52.

Shanks, W.C. Pat, Morgan, Lisa A., Balistrieri, Laurie A., and Alt, Jeffrey 
C., 2005, Hydrothermal vents, siliceous hydrothermal deposits, and 
hydrothermally altered sediments in Yellowstone Lake, in William P. Inskeep 
and Timothy R. McDermott (eds.), Geothermal Biology and Geochemistry in 
Yellowstone National Park, p. 53-72.

Finn, C.A. and Morgan, Lisa A., 2002, High-resolution aeromagnetic survey 
of volcanic terrain, Yellowstone National Park: Journal of Volcanology and 
Geothermal Research 115, p. 207-231.

Morgan, Lisa A., Shanks, W.C. III, Lovalvo, David, A., Johnson, S.Y., 
Stephenson, W.J., Pierce, K.L., Harlan, S.S., Finn, C.A., Lee, G., Webring, 
M., Schulze, B., Dühn, J., Sweeney, R., and Balistrieri, L., 2003, 
Exploration and Discovery in Yellowstone Lake: Results from High-Resolution 
Sonar Imaging, Seismic Reflection Profiling, and Submersible Studies in 
Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research, v. 122, p. 221-242.


  Other papers soon to be published are:

Pierce, K.L. Despain, D., Morgan, Lisa A., and Good, J., 2005, Effects of 
Hotspot-related Volcanism, Faulting, and Uplift on the Greater Yellowstone 
Ecosystem and Human Geography, in Morgan, L.A. (ed.), Integrated Geoscience 
Studies in the Greater Yellowstone Area: Volcanic, Tectonic, and 
Hydrothermal Processes in the Yellowstone Geoecosystem, U.S. Geological 
Survey Professional Paper 1717.

Morgan, Lisa A., Shanks, W.C. Lovalvo, D., Lee, G., Pierce, K.L., Webring, 
M. Stephenson, W.J., Johnson, S.Y., Finn, C.A., Harlan, 2005, The Floor of 
Yellowstone Lake is Anything but Quiet:  New Discoveries from 
High-Resolution Sonar Imaging, Seismic Reflection Profiling, and 
Submersible Studies, in Morgan, Lisa A., (ed.), Integrated Geoscience 
Studies in the Greater Yellowstone Area: Volcanic, Tectonic, and 
Hydrothermal Processes in the Yellowstone Geoecosystem, U.S. Geological 
Survey Professional Paper 1717.

Shanks, W. C. III, Alt, J., and Morgan, Lisa A., 2005, Geochemistry of 
sublacustrine hydrothermal deposits in Yellowstone Lake: hydrothermal 
reactions, stable isotope systematics, sinter deposition, and spire growth, 
in Morgan, Lisa A. (ed.), Integrated Geoscience Studies in the Greater 
Yellowstone Area: Volcanic, Tectonic, and Hydrothermal Processes in the 
Yellowstone Geoecosystem, U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 1717.

Saunders, A.D., Jones, S.M., Morgan, Lisa A., Pierce, K.L., Widdowson, M., 
and Xu, Y., 2006, Regional uplift associated with continental large igneous 
provinces: The roles of mantle plumes and the lithosphere, in Chemical Geology
Morgan, Lisa A., Shanks, W.C. Pat, and Pierce, Kenneth L., in press, 
Bathymetry, Geology, and Selected Perspective Views of the Floor of 
Yellowstone Lake, in U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Map 
Series (tba), 2 plates.

A couple other research papers related to large hydrothermal explosions and 
features in Yellowstone are currently in review.

Reprints and pdf's are available upon request to me at lmorgan at usgs.gov

Lisa Morgan

At 10:49 PM 10/15/2006, Meg Justus wrote:
>Does anyone have a good source on the history of the Yellowstone Hot 
>Spot?  Actually, not of the hot spot itself, but of how it got figured 
>out?  Especially when it became an accepted piece of knowledge?  And when 
>it was disseminated and how widely?
>
>I've checked what I've got, but I can't find anything on the subject.
>
>Thanks!
>
>Meg Justus
>
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Lisa A. Morgan                   U.S. Geological Survey
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