@@BetterGeology awesome, thanks for the reply. I've always been fascinated with geology, fossils, etc, especially out west. Hope to travel out that way eventually!
Where does the magma from the Yellowstone hotspot mix with other magma? If i remember correctly the Yellowstone magma moves from NE Oregon towards Yellowstone and the trajectory should be passing right under the Snake river plane. Doesn't that need to happen in shallower crustal areas? Just curious, i have my knowledge from one book about Oregons geology, so it might not be that accurate when it comes to things in Idaho.
The short answer is… it’s very complicated. The longer answer is: there’s a number of different factors controlling melting in the lower crust and upper mantle, and I didn’t investigate too deeply for this video but there is definitely some melting in the lower crust of rocks unrelated to the hotspot and this is mixing with magma from the hotspot and erupting at Craters. It’s very likely that the heat from the hotspot is what’s causing the melting here, or just magma sitting undergound and undergoing assimilation or contamination from melting these lower crust rocks. The Yellowstone Hotspot first reached the crust over a large area primarily under the OR-NV border, and it’s first caldera eruption was near a tiny town called McDermitt. As it ballooned up against the crust it spread out and helped pull Nevada apart and created the flood basalts in NE Oregon, SE Washington, and W Idaho.
@@BetterGeology - Too bad we can’t figure out how to explore the internal magma of our Earth like we explore our deep oceans. Thanks for another informative video that makes me want to revisit Craters of the Moon.
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Such an interesting place. I really enjoyed hiking through the lava tubes.
It really is! I would very much like to return.
Excellent!
Glad you liked it!
Good video👌🏼
Thank you!
Love these videos and the info! 👍
I’m glad! Thank you!
Wow, interesting, thank you. So this is part of Yellowstone supervolcano?
Hi! So the magma that feeds Craters is sourced to a degree from the Yellowstone hot spot, but it is not part of the Yellowstone Volcano system.
@@BetterGeology awesome, thanks for the reply. I've always been fascinated with geology, fossils, etc, especially out west. Hope to travel out that way eventually!
Enjoyed this video!. Saw this huge zone myself . Keep your videos coming because I like geology!
There’s a lot of them to watch!
Good job Andrew. Did you start your school program?
Yes!
Where does the magma from the Yellowstone hotspot mix with other magma? If i remember correctly the Yellowstone magma moves from NE Oregon towards Yellowstone and the trajectory should be passing right under the Snake river plane. Doesn't that need to happen in shallower crustal areas?
Just curious, i have my knowledge from one book about Oregons geology, so it might not be that accurate when it comes to things in Idaho.
The short answer is… it’s very complicated.
The longer answer is: there’s a number of different factors controlling melting in the lower crust and upper mantle, and I didn’t investigate too deeply for this video but there is definitely some melting in the lower crust of rocks unrelated to the hotspot and this is mixing with magma from the hotspot and erupting at Craters. It’s very likely that the heat from the hotspot is what’s causing the melting here, or just magma sitting undergound and undergoing assimilation or contamination from melting these lower crust rocks.
The Yellowstone Hotspot first reached the crust over a large area primarily under the OR-NV border, and it’s first caldera eruption was near a tiny town called McDermitt. As it ballooned up against the crust it spread out and helped pull Nevada apart and created the flood basalts in NE Oregon, SE Washington, and W Idaho.
@@BetterGeology - Too bad we can’t figure out how to explore the internal magma of our Earth like we explore our deep oceans. Thanks for another informative video that makes me want to revisit Craters of the Moon.
@@BetterGeology Ah ok thank you very much :)