Yellowstone National Park, WY - Sites and References

Sites to Explore

Geyser Observation and Study Association (GOSA)

History of Yellowstone:  Aubrey L. Haines, 1794, Yellowstone National Park, U.S. Department of the Interior National Park Service (NPS), Washington, Online book

NPS> Yellowstone> Geology > Geologic Highlights by Park Area/ Geothermal features / Hydrothermal Features/ Fountain paint pot Nature Trail > How geysers work / Old Faithful online tour / Science Talks in Yellowstone Online Videos - Talks by Scientists Involved in Yellowstone Research Projects

USGS >Yellowstone Volcano Observatory (YVO) / Satellite Technologies Detect Uplift in the Yellowstone Caldera / Photo tour / reference and publication list

Yellowstone.net > The geysers of Yellowstone - contains realtime videos of geysers and park history and caldera formation

YellowstoneNationalPark.com > Geology / Calderas / Geysers / Glaciation

Yellowstone Volcanic Observatory (YVO)>Steam Explosions, Earthquakes, and Volcanic Eruptions—What’s in Yellowstone’s Future?/Tracking Changes in Yellowstone's Restless Volcanic System/

W. Locke, Montana State > Ice cap modeling-Yellowstone - brief illustrated discussion of the Yellowstone ice cap as modeled by Dr. Locke

Images and Virtual Tours

Don Bains Virtual Guidebooks > Yellowstone National Park (normal view) / Full screen versions - Over 50 Quicktime panoramas of the park

Yellowstone.net > Gallery

NPS/Digital Slide library > Geology /Water, Rivers, etc

Wikimedia > Yellowstone National Park

Online Papers and References

Christiansen, Robert L., 2004, The Quaternary and Pliocene Yellowstone Plateau Volcanic Field of Wyoming, Idaho, and Montana: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 729-G, 146 pp.(35 MB pdf) - excellent reference

Harris, Ann, and Tuttle, Esther, and Tuttle, Sherwood, 2004, Geology of National Parks: 6th Edition, Kendall/Hunt Publishing Company, 882 pp. 

Smith and Lee (2000), Windows into the Earth, The Geologic Story of Yellowstone and Grand Teton National Park, Smith and Lee J. Siegel, Oxford University Press.

Zelt, Ronald B. and others, 1999, Environmental Setting of the Yellowstone River Basin, Montana, North Dakota, and Wyoming: Water-Resources Investigations Report 98-4269, NATIONAL WATER-QUALITY ASSESSMENT PROGRAM, Cheyenne, Wyoming 1999 (PDF version, 9.72 mb)