[Geysers] Fw: (USGS/NPS News Release) What Makes an OldGeyserFaithful?

[SCOTT BRYAN]

USGS studies have indicated that the deep geothermal fluid is hundreds of years old -- one paper cited a possible 1,100 years. The paper in question here (and I have not been able to get the article itself) is, I think really discussing the influence of near-surface (meteoric) water admixing with the geothermal. To some extent I think this is sort of a "Duh" sort of thing... but like I say, I haven't seen the article.

Scott Bryan
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  From: Lucille Reilly<mailto:thedulcimerlady at juno.com> 
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  I find this very interesting because I remember the ranger saying on a
  geyser walk in 2000 that OF's water supply is about 500 years old.  Not so?
  Now I wonder how that info came about.

  Lucille Reilly


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  For Immediate Release - May 30, 2008

  WHAT MAKES AN OLD GEYSER FAITHFUL?

  New research suggests that how often Old Faithful and other Yellowstone
  geysers erupt may depend on annual rainfall patterns.

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