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avatar Yellowstone: Improved Seismic Monitors
December 21, 2009 08:13AM
http://billingsgazette.com/news/state-and-regional/montana/article_d0197732-edf3-11de-bb06-001cc4c03286.html
Yellowstone to get better seismic monitors

With funding made available for the installation of 10 new seismic monitoring stations over the next two years, the Yellowstone super volcano will soon be the best monitored hot spot in the world, according to Bob Smith.

“We should have a fantastic network, probably the best in the world over an active volcano,” said Smith, a University of Utah geology and geophysics professor and member of the Yellowstone Volcano Observatory.

The observatory is jointly operated by the U.S. Geological Survey, Yellowstone National Park and the University of Utah. Funding for the project will come from a portion of $950,000 in Recovery Act money given to the observatory....



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