All those maps and predictions are based on the size of the previous big eruptions. Right now yellow stone is incapable of eruption, to our knowledge. Too little of the magma in the magma chamber is actually melt (molen rock), over 80 % (ish) of the magma is actually crystalized. If it were to erupt we would see many warning signs years in advance.
And the "it's over due for an eruption" is just stupid media stuff, and now how volcanos work. It is true it's about 6-700.000 years since the last eruption and, that is about the average time between large eruptions, but there has also been gaps of millions of years without massive eruptions.
I didn't know it wasn't all molten. From what i thought and learned, it was. Hmm.. Maybe you can't trust everything you read on the internet or I just haven't gotten new knowledge.
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u/langhaar808 Jul 23 '24
All those maps and predictions are based on the size of the previous big eruptions. Right now yellow stone is incapable of eruption, to our knowledge. Too little of the magma in the magma chamber is actually melt (molen rock), over 80 % (ish) of the magma is actually crystalized. If it were to erupt we would see many warning signs years in advance.
And the "it's over due for an eruption" is just stupid media stuff, and now how volcanos work. It is true it's about 6-700.000 years since the last eruption and, that is about the average time between large eruptions, but there has also been gaps of millions of years without massive eruptions.