Yellowstone: Plate vs Plume E. Cullen; C. Johnston; M. MacKenzie; A. Millar-Durrant; K. Pal; F. Rea and G. Thomas.

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Yellowstone: Plate vs Plume E. Cullen; C. Johnston; M. MacKenzie; A. Millar-Durrant; K. Pal; F. Rea and G. Thomas.

Reference: stone.pdf Time History Volcanism

Precursory Plume = Uplift previous and during magmatism Plate = Subsidence and magmatism References : P. R. Hooper, V. E. Camp, S. P. Reidel, M. E. Ross. The Origin of the Columbia River Flood Basalt Province: Plume versus Nonplume Models V. E. Camp, P. R. Hooper, 1981, Geologic studies of the Columbia Plateau: Part I. Late Cenozoic evolution of the southeast part of the Columbia River Basalt Province, Geological Society of America Bulletin, Part 1, v. 92, p (figure 1) Figure 2 Gillian’s Lecture notes Figure 1. Figure 2.

Chemical and Temperature Anomlies References: yellowstone-hotspot.html plume-experiment.html Matthew J Fouch 2012 Geological Society of America The yellowsotne Hotspot:Plume or not? Geodynamics of the Yellowstone hotspot and mantle plume: Seismic and GPS imaging, kinematics, and mantle flow Robert B. Smith aRobert B. Smith a,,, Michael Jordan a, f, Bernhard Steinberger b, Christine M. Puskas a, Jamie Farrell a,Gregory P. Waite a, c, Stephan Husen a, d, Wu-Lung Chang a, g, Richard O'Connell eMichael Jordan afBernhard Steinberger bChristine M. Puskas aJamie Farrell aGregory P. Waite acStephan Husen adWu-Lung Chang agRichard O'Connell e Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Researchournal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research Volume 188, Issues 1–3Volume 188, Issues 1–3, 20 November 2009, Pages 26–56 The Yellowstone magmatic system from the mantle plume to the upper crust Hsin-Hua Huang, Fan-Chi Lin, Brandon Schmandt, Jamie Farrell, Robert B. Smith and Victor C. Tsai Science 15 May 2015: Published online 23 April 2015

Reference: Upper Mantle Origin of the Yellowstone Hotspot. R. Christiansen; G. Foulger and J. Evans Geological Society of America Bulletin. pp Mantle Structure

Further Research Unable to prove or disprove the plume theory. Need to conduct high resolution tomographic studies of the entire mantle to locate any plume geometries.