1. Geology - Yellowstone National Park (U.S. National Park Service)

  2. Plate Tectonics & Our National Parks - Geology (U.S. National Park …

  3. Geology and History of Yellowstone | U.S. Geological Survey

  4. Continental Hotspot - Geology (U.S. National Park Service)

  5. Yellowstone hotspot - Wikipedia

    The Yellowstone hotspot is a volcanic hotspot in the United States responsible for large scale volcanism in Idaho, Montana, Nevada, Oregon, and Wyoming, formed as the North American tectonic plate moved over it. It formed the …

  6. The evolution of the Yellowstone Plateau Volcanic …

    Apr 15, 2019 · The active tectonic and volcanic features in Yellowstone are the result of large-scale processes that have been occurring along the Snake River Plain for the past 17 million years and now are focused beneath the …

  7. Textbook 2.2: Plate Tectonics 1, Yellowstone

    The Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone is a great chasm cut through volcanic rocks that have been “cooked” by hot water and steam circulating through them, in the process gaining the yellow color that gave the park its name.

  8. The source of Yellowstone's heat | U.S. Geological …

    Apr 16, 2018 · The oldest caldera erupted 16 million years ago, and the calderas get younger to the northeast, with Yellowstone caldera being the most recent at 631,000 years old. The hotspot is fixed within Earth's mantle, and the tectonic …