Preliminary results of a precise leveling survey in Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, September 1986
Stoopes GG and Yamashita KM. 1988. Preliminary results of a precise leveling survey in Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, September 1986. U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Open-File Report. 88-24. United States Geological Survey. Denver, CO
A precise leveling survey across the eastern part of Yellowstone Caldera in September 1986 revealed that 25 mm of subsidence had occurred since the previous survey in September 1985. The uplift that has been detected for 60 years by repeated surveys appears to have stopped, at least temporarily. A second leveling line across the western part of the caldera was observed for the first time since 1976; 170 mm of net uplift occurred along that line during 1976-1986. Uplift in Yellowstone Caldera may accumulate over periods of decades to centuries interrupted by brief periods of relative quiesence or short-term
- Type
- Published Report
- Authors
- Stoopes, G; Yamashita, Kenneth
- Date of Issue
- 1988
- Publisher
- United States Geological Survey
- Units
- HIST , YELL
- Keywords
- Benchmark descriptions, ehistory, Elevations, Engineering, Geology, History, Leveling survey, Lewis Falls leveling line, Subsidence, Surveying, Topography, Uplift, Yellowstone Caldera