Yellowstone Park Presented By: Stewart France And Daniel Solzman

North American Plate Yellowstone is located on the North American plate This plate is located between Wyoming and Montana

Explanation of Tectonics The Yellowstone Plateau Volcanic Field was formed due to the plate tectonic movements over the past years

Geologic History The has always been a lot of volcanic history in Yellowstone The Washburn Range is part of the Absaroka volcanic field Lava flows formed the boundaries of the lakes The lava flow recorded is in the era of 500,000 and 100,000 years ago

Recent History It is recorded that Old Faithful erupts every 30 to 78 minutes There has not been hardly any activity recently except for earthquakes

The Great Impact When the super volcano that lies within Yellowstone erupts, there will be huge areas of North America that will be destroyed It is even possible for the ash to block the sun, which would cause temperatures to drop.

What to do The majority of the people who live near Yellowstone realize that there is not much they can do It is going to be a natural disaster, and you can not control natural disasters