<html> <head> <style> .hmmessage P { margin:0px; padding:0px } body.hmmessage { FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY:Tahoma } </style> </head> <body class='hmmessage'> <BR><BR> <HR> From: Beckykr@aol.com<BR>Date: Mon, 4 Aug 2008 17:18:47 -0400<BR>To: geysers@lists.wallawalla.edu<BR>Subject: [Geysers] 1959 Earthquake<BR><BR> <META content="Microsoft SafeHTML" name=Generator><FONT id=EC_role_document face=Arial color=#000000 size=2> <DIV>Hi Everyone,</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Is there a list of thermal area changes that occurred in response to the 1959 earthquake?  I am interested in short term and long term changes to geysers, etc.  If anyone knows of a list of the things that occurred post-Earthquake in a book or online, I would appreciate it.  If no such list exists, would going through "The Geysers of Yellowstone" be the best way to compile such a list?  </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Thanks,</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Becky Kraegel</DIV> <DIV>Woodstock, GA</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>I have been doing extensive research in writing a series of articles about "Reporting the Effects of the 1959 Earthquake."  I know of no "book" or on-line source that contains a list of short and long term changes to geysers, etc.  There are, however, three sources that contain lists of short-term changes-- </DIV> <DIV> </DIV></FONT> Marler's 1960 paper that appeared in the Billings Geological Society 11th Bulletin<BR> Marler's 1964 paper that appeared in the USGS Professional Paper<BR> Barry Watson's thesis on effects of the earthquake on features, primarily in the Upper and Lower Geyser Basins (Watson was a YNP naturalist during the summer of 1959 and used the results of his observations for his thesis).<BR>  <BR> Long-term effects--Marler's Inventory--When I extracted portions of the Inventory that dealt with effects of the 1959 earthquake, it came to about 50 pages of text (this would include both short and long-term effects).  The list of features impacted by the earthquake extracted from Marler would be more comprehensive than going through Bryan's Geysers of Yellowstone because Marler included temperature changes, etc.<BR>  <BR> Effects of the 1959 earthquake on the thermal features will be the subject of the 6th in the series of articles I am writing about the 1959 earthquake and its effect on Yellowstone.  <BR> <BR>Lynn Stephens<BR><BR> <DIV><FONT style="FONT: 10pt ARIAL, SAN-SERIF; COLOR: black"> <HR> Looking for a car that's sporty, fun and fits in your budget? <A title=http://autos.aol.com/cars-BMW-128-2008/expert-review?ncid=aolaut00050000000017 href="http://autos.aol.com/cars-BMW-128-2008/expert-review?ncid=aolaut00050000000017" target=_blank>Read reviews on AOL Autos</A>.</FONT></DIV><br /><hr />Get more from your digital life. <a href='http://www.windowslive.com/default.html?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_Home2_082008' target='_new'>Find out how.</a></body> </html>