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Radiocarbon dating of silicified wood from around Steamboat Geyser in Norris Geyser Basin, Yellowstone National Park, 2021-2022

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2021-09-30
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2022-04-27

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Hurwitz, S., King, J.C., Pederson, G.T., Reed, M.H., Harrison, L.N., Hungerford, J.D.G., and Manga, M., 2023, Radiocarbon dating of silicified wood from around Steamboat Geyser in Norris Geyser Basin, Yellowstone National Park, 2021-2022: U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/P9NG2TF4.

Summary

In the past century, eruptions of Steamboat Geyser in Yellowstone’s Norris Geyser Basin were mainly clustered in three episodes: between 1961 and 1969, between 1982 and 1984, and in a sequence of eruptions that began in 2018 (Reed et al., 2021) and resulted in extensive damage to, and mortality of the surrounding trees. To characterize tree response to geyser activity over time, and the response of geyser activity to climate variability, aerial and ground imagery were analyzed to document changes in tree coverage around the geyser since 1954. Twenty samples of silicified tree remnants were collected from near the geyser vent for radiocarbon (14C) dating to determine if trees grew during periods when the geyser was not erupting because [...]

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Purpose

Data were collected to provide new information on Steamboat Geyser’s past decadal to centennial eruptive activity.

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