Schematics showing how Yellowstone's underground magmatic system forms (IMAGE)

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Schematics showing how Yellowstone's underground magmatic system forms

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Schematics showing how Yellowstone's underground magmatic system forms. Left: the red iso-surface depicts the hot, shallow asthenospheric material transported eastward by the mantle wind. Right: schematics showing the lithospheric stress field and magmatic system beneath Yellowstone.

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Image by LIU Lijun's Group

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