<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2900.2963" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Garamond color=#008000>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?</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Garamond color=#008000></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Garamond color=#008000>I've checked what I've got, but I can't find anything on the subject.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Garamond color=#008000></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Garamond color=#008000>Thanks!</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Garamond color=#008000></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Garamond color=#008000>Meg Justus</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Garamond color=#008000></FONT> </DIV></BODY></HTML>