Will Yellowstone erupt?

[Clueless Morgan]

Erupt what? Wjat kind of eruption?

Hydrothermal eruption of Steam and hot water? Happens every day.

Ash and Tephra eruption caused by phreatomagmatic explosion, possibly followed by modest lava extrusions?

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Possibly it could happen in our life time. Although the chance seems low because it hasn't seem to have happened in Yellowstone for many thousands of years.

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A plinian eruption like Mt St Helens?

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Possibly it could happen, but less likely than ash or tephra eruptions. But I think the current view is such event hasn't happened in yellowstone in over 70 thousand years.

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A large caldera forming eruption capable of bloting out the land of the free and home of the brave?

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I believe the current view is the condition for such a eruption currently does not exist. I think geological record suggests caldrea forming eruption over the yellowstone hot spot tend to occur in spurts. Several caldrea forming eruption occurs in one region over a period of a couple of million years, then a quiet period of a couple of million years in which only much smaller eruptions occur, and then a new episold of caldra forming eruptions occurs 100 miles of so further to the north east. I think some geologists think the Lava creek eruption 600,000 years ago mark the end of the spurt of caldera forming eruption that began 2 million years ago with huckleberry ridge eruption. The next caldera forming eruption will belong to a new cycle that won't occur for 2-3 million years, and will happen far outside park boundary to the north east of the park.

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Beer.

Will it happen in our lifetime?

I think the San Andreas Fault will slip before ole Yeller pops.

MM

Umm... duh.

[Jackalope]

To further despair Min, both of these other megavolcanos in united states are closer to where he lives than Yellowstone. One is in california, near Yosemite National Park, the other is in New Mexico, near Los Alamos national laboratory. He is surrounded on 3 sides by megavolcanos.

Yeah and Andromeda is headed directly to us. Doesn't bother me since I won't be around by the time that happens.

If one of those megavolcanos goes off, you won't be around long then either.

[tor]

Yeah and Andromeda is headed directly to us. Doesn't bother me since I won't be around by the time that happens.

If one of those megavolcanos goes off, you won't be around long then either.

How do you know? Maybe aging process will be fixed by then.

[Heywood]

If one of those megavolcanos goes off, you won't be around long then either.

How do you know? Maybe aging process will be fixed by then.

Even if aging and all diseases are "cured" you still have a finite life expectancy. At some point you are going to succumb to an accident or intentional act that does you in.

I doubt anyone alive today will be around to see the Andromeda's supermassive black hole merge with the supermassive black hole the Milky Way. With aging "cured" you might live a few thousand years but that's probably about it.

[Jackalope]

I think the joke whooshes over both of your heads.