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To: Maple MAGA who wrote (772676)11/24/2022 11:58:04 PM
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You got it.....seem feasible? (Not arguing, just in my back yard - literal and professional)

The timing is based on three supereruption events....two intermissions.....seems tenuous statistically.....could be tomorrow or another million years <g>. Likely that some smaller events (70k - West Thumb, and 13k years bp most recent) relieve the pressure better than a few "tiny" drill holes could. It's pie-in-the-sky thinking in-line with controlling the climate.

According to analysis of earthquake data in 2013, the magma chamber is 80 km (50 mi) long and 20 km (12 mi) wide. It also has 4,000 km3 (960 cu mi) underground volume, of which 6–8% is filled with molten rock. This is about 2.5 times bigger than scientists had previously imagined it to be; however, scientists believe that the proportion of molten rock in the chamber is far too low to allow for another supereruption.[18][19][20]

In October 2017, research from the Arizona State University indicated prior to Yellowstone's last supereruption, magma surged into the magma chamber in two large influxes. An analysis of crystals from Yellowstone's lava showed that prior to the last supereruption, the magma chamber underwent a rapid increase in temperature and change in composition. The analysis indicated that Yellowstone's magma reservoir can reach eruptive capacity and trigger a super-eruption within just decades, not centuries as volcanologists had originally thought.[21][22]

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yellowstone_Caldera
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