1. Explain the geological history of region
Yellowstone National Park covers 2,221,766 acres. Most of the park is located in the northwestern corner of Wyoming, but a small portion overlaps that state's boundaries with Montana and Idaho. The park is comprised primarily of high, forested, volcanic plateaus that have been eroded over - the millennia by glaciation and stream flow and that are flanked on the north, east, and south by mountains.
There are Four Types of Thermal Features in Yellowstone.
The Hot Springs which is a spring of naturally hot water, typically heated by volcanic activity under the surface. There are
Geysers which is a hot spring where the water boils on the inside, sending a tall column of water and steam into the air. …show more content…
They destroyed the southern half of the Washburn volcano and whatever mountains existed between Mt. Washburn and the Red Mountains. Geologists have identified streaks and thin layers of Yellowstone volcanic ash from as far away as California, Saskatchewan, Iowa, and the Gulf of Mexico. Ash was blasted into the stratosphere circulated around the globe and must have altered the weather worldwide.
2. Which Tectonic plates are present in Yellowstone national park?
Yellowstone National park is known as a Super-volcano; due to the extensively large volcano beneath Yellowstone. This is due to The National Park's placing which happens to be directly on top of a hot spot. The past volcanic activity in the region provided by the hotspot, has come to form an astonishing landscape. There are various magma chambers beneath the park, with their constantly rising magma, heat is then transferred to Geysers. Instead of creating hot lava, the Geysers produce boiling water which ejects from the earth's surface. This is all created from the hotspot resting below the National park; it is safe to say, Yellowstone would not exist today, if it weren't for the hotspot it lies upon.
3. In which direction are these tectonic plates