[Geysers] history of Yellowstone hot spot

[Janet Chapple]

Thank you, Lisa, for catching all of us up on the latest papers (and 
some of the not-so-latest).

Janet
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On Oct 19, 2006, at 9:01 AM, Lisa Morgan wrote:

> No--the first to postulate that Yellowstone was part of a hot spot 
> track was Jason Morgan (1972) in his classic paper where he compiled 
> an inventory of hot spots around the world (W.J. Morgan, 1972, Plate 
> motions and deep mantle convection:  Geological Society of America 
> Memoir 132, p. 7-22).  This was followed by another classic paper by 
> Armstrong, Leeman, and Malde, 1975, K-Ar dating, Quaternary and 
> Neogene volcanic rocks of the Snake River Plain, Idaho:  American 
> Journal of Science, v. 275, p. 225-251.
>
>  I should also note that there is considerable debate as to whether 
> Yellowstone is the product of a hot spot and many prominent 
> researchers have argued it is not.  Their papers include:
>
>  Christiansen, R.L., Foulger, G.R., Evans, J.R., 2002. Upper mantle 
> origin of the Yellowstone hotspot.  GSA Bulletin 114, 1245-1256. 
>
>  Humphreys, E.D., Dueker, K.G., Schutt, D.L., Smith, R.B., 2000. 
> Beneath Yellowstone: Evaluating plume and nonplume models using 
> teleseismic images of the upper Mantle.  GSA Today, 10, p. 1-6. 
>   
>  I suggested Pierce and Morgan, 1990, 1992 as a reference in that it 
> contains a good discussion of the problem and the pros and cons of a 
> hot spot origin for the Snake River Plain--Yellowstone volcanic 
> province.
>
>  A couple other excellent papers on this subject are:
>
>  Anders, M.H., Geissman, J.W., Piety, L.A., Sullivan, J.T., 1989. 
> Parabolic distribution of circum-eastern Snake River Plain seismicity 
> and latest Quaternary faulting:  Migratory pattern and association 
> with the Yellowstone hotspot.  Journal of Geophysical Research 94, 
> 1589-1621. 
>
>  Camp, V.E., 1995. Mid-Miocene propagation of the Yellowstone mantle 
> plume head beneath the Columbia River Basalt source region.  Geology 
> 23, 435-438. 
>
>
>  At 06:33 PM 10/17/2006, Randall Marrett wrote:
>> I believe the first paper was by Bob Smith at Univ Utah:
>>
>>  Smith, R.B., Shuey, R.T., Freidline, R.O., Otis, R.M., and Alley, 
>> L.B., 1974, Yellowstone Hot Spot: New Magnetic and Seismic Evidence: 
>> Geology, v. 2, n. 9, p. 451-455.
>>
>>
>>  At 9:49 PM -0700 10/15/06, 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
>>
>>
>> -- 
>>
>>
>>  Randall Marrett
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>>
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