The magma cap is critical for preventing eruptions at Yellowstone. Geoscientists have discovered a magma cap at Yellowstone National Park that is likely playing a critical role in preventing a ...

Jonathan Newton / The Washington Post via Getty Scientists have discovered a magma cap under the surface of Yellowstone National Park The cap acts as a lid, making sure the pressure and heat below ...

Geoscientists discovered a magma cap acting as a "lid" 2.4 miles ... systems in the world dwells beneath the surface of Yellowstone National Park, though its exact workings have remained somewhat ...

Beneath Yellowstone National Park lies something extraordinary—a giant underground chamber filled with molten rock, trapped ...

Underneath Yellowstone National Park, magma bubbles and flows ... the geoscientists found, creating a magma cap — a sign that the reservoir is dynamic and active. The data adds to existing ...

Yellowstone National Park sits atop the world's most ... Now, a recent study shows the location of Yellowstone's magma cap and hints at when it may erupt. The Yellowstone caldera has a magma ...

(NEXSTAR) — There have long been questions about when Yellowstone ... National Park is its magma system. Atop the magma reservoir, researchers found a sharp, volatile-rich magma cap.

Geoscientists have discovered a magma cap at Yellowstone National Park that is likely playing a critical role in preventing a massive eruption in one of the largest active volcanic systems in the ...