The workshop brought together scientists and informal educators to learn about EarthScope and similar efforts to study the dynamic landscape of the greater Yellowstone region. They developed interpretive programs focused on how society benefits from ongoing seismic, GPS, and other studies, and how such monitoring helps us appreciate the regions scenery as well as earthquake and volcanic hazards.
Presentations from the Workshop
Selected presentations and summaries from the greater Yellowstone region is a prime target area for EarthScope to investigate plate-tectonic processes that result in earthquakes, volcanism, and the dramatic topography that forms along an active hotspot track and continental rift zone. This was the fifth in a series of workshops for park rangers and museum educators sponsored by the EarthScope National Office. Participants learned how to use EarthScope data and science results, and developed and presented interpretive programs on the evolving landscape and its connections to aspects of the natural and cultural history of the Yellowstone-Snake River Plain-Teton region.
Overview of EarthScope: Focus on USArray and the Plate Boundary Observatory
B. Lillie (Oregon State University/ES National Office)
Interpreting Geology to the public in Grand Teton National Park
A. Langford (National Park Services)
Plate Boundary Observatory measurements of the dynamic landscape in the western U.S. and Yellowstone-Teton-Snake River Plain Region
M. Jackson (UNAVCO)
Slab Fragmentation beneath the Pacifific Northwest: Implications for Flood Volcanism and Migrating Hotspots
D. James (Carnegie Institution of Washington)
Presenting EarthScope and other Geological and Geophysical Observations to the Public in Parks and Museums
B. Lillie (Oregon State University/ES National Office)
Plate Tectonics and the Landscapes of Our National Parks: Building the Foundations of “America’s Best Idea”
B. Lillie (Oregon State University/ES National Office)
Which Way are We Going? Online Mapping Tools to Visualize Deformation with Geodetic Data: Yellowstone
S. Olds (UNAVCO)
Interpreting the Geologic Story of Craters of the Moon and How EarthScope Can Help
D. Owen (National Park Service)
GPS Measurements of the Eastern Snake River Plain and Surrounding Basin and Range Province
S. Payne (Idaho National Laboratory)
GPS Ground Motion Studies in Yellowstone and Teton National Parks and Surrounding Regions
C. Puskas (University of Utah)
Plume Tales... Chasing the Yellowstone Plume through Space and Time
J. Shervais (Utah State University)
How The Yellowstone-Snake River Plain and Teton Fault Work!
B. Smith (University of Utah)