Spatio-temporal evolution of Yellowstone deformation between 1992 and 2009 from InSAR and GPS observations |
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| Authors: | Mohamed H Aly and Elizabeth S Cochran |
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| Institution: | (1) Department of Earth Sciences, University of California-Riverside, Riverside, CA 92521-0423, USA |
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| Abstract: | In this study, the spatio-temporal evolution of Yellowstone deformation between 1992 and 2009 is monitored using interferometric
synthetic aperture radar (InSAR) data acquired by the European Remote-Sensing Satellites (ERS-1 and ERS-2) and the Environmental
Satellite (ENVISAT). These data are combined with continuous global positioning system (GPS) measurements to identify four
discrete episodes of caldera subsidence and uplift, these episodes are: 1992–1995 (subsidence of 2.7 cm/year), 1996–2000 (subsidence
of 0.5 cm/year, with local uplift of 1.7 cm/year at Norris), 2000–2004 (subsidence of 0.7 cm/year, with local uplift of 0.6 cm/year
at Norris), and 2004–2009 (uplift of 3–8 cm/year, with local subsidence of 1–4 cm/year at Norris). We construct the full three-dimensional
velocity field of Yellowstone deformation for 2005–2006 from ascending and descending ENVISAT orbits. The InSAR three-dimensional
velocity field and three-component GPS measurements indicate that the majority of the observed deformation (3–8 cm/year) across
the Yellowstone caldera and near Norris Geyser Basin (NGB) occurred in the vertical direction between the summers of 2005
and 2006. During this time, significant lateral displacements of 3–7 cm/year also occurred in the east–west direction at the
southeastern and western rims of the Yellowstone caldera and in the area between Hebgen Lake and NGB. Minor north–south displacements
of about 0.2 cm/year also occurred, however, in the southwestern section of the caldera and near Yellowstone Lake during the
same period. The calculated three-dimensional velocity field for 2005–2006 implies the existence of two pressure-point sources,
beneath the two structural resurgent domes in the Yellowstone caldera, connected by a planar conduit, rather than a single,
large sill as proposed in previous studies. Furthermore, no measurable displacements occurred along any fault zone across
the caldera during the entire period of observation (1992–2009). Therefore, we infer that magmatic and hydrothermal processes
beneath the Yellowstone caldera and NGB were the main sources of deformation. |
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