[Geysers] Geysers that Erupt in Series

Mario Durrant yellowstone17 at bridgernet.com
Thu Jun 11 12:00:41 PDT 2009


It would seem that if Atomizer's minors leading to a major constituted a 
series, then Lone Star would also fall into this category of erupting in 
series?

Mario


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Bruce Jensen" <bpnjensen at yahoo.com>
To: "Geyser Observation Reports" <geysers at lists.wallawalla.edu>
Sent: Tuesday, June 09, 2009 7:13 PM
Subject: Re: [Geysers] Geysers that Erupt in Series


>
> Not exactly well-known but pretty big, Spa also seems to erupt in a series 
> of sorts, with quiet periods of several minutes punctuated by "big" bursts 
> of a few to several seconds.
>
> Perhaps Lynn would agree that Atomizer's eruptive cycle would constitute a 
> "series" within the parameters of your definition too.
>
> Bruce Jensen
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> --- On Tue, 6/9/09, Jeff Cross <Jeff.Cross at wallawalla.edu> wrote:
>
>> From: Jeff Cross <Jeff.Cross at wallawalla.edu>
>> Subject: [Geysers] Geysers that Erupt in Series
>> To: "geysers at lists.wallawalla.edu" <geysers at lists.wallawalla.edu>
>> Date: Tuesday, June 9, 2009, 4:34 PM
>> I would like to know what percent of
>> geysers in Yellowstone erupt in series.
>>
>> I would like to solicit the opinions of everyone on this
>> list. Do you agree
>> with my assessment of whether the following large,
>> well-known geysers
>> erupt in series?
>>
>> Old Faithful (no)
>> Beehive (no)
>> Lion (yes)
>> Giantess (yes)
>> Castle (yes, it has minors)
>> Grand (yes, though we call them bursts)
>> Giant (no)
>> Daisy (no)
>> Splendid (yes)
>> Riverside (no)
>> Fan and Mortar (yes, the eruption pauses after about the 10
>> minute mark)
>> Artemisia (no, usually)
>> Great Fountain (yes)
>> Fountain (no)
>> Morning (no)
>> Steamboat (no)
>> Echinus (no, not usually?)
>>
>> Jeff Cross
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