Yellowstone is known as a hotspot for geologic activity as it sits atop magma, but researchers say that doesn’t explain the increased earthquake activity in Idaho. They do believe that it’s far from a coincidence, however. What is perplexing to scientists is the fact that the shifting plates are so far from those located on the West Coast, where the majority of geologic movement occurs in the United States. Mike Stickney of the Montana Bureau of Mines and Geology said, “That’s the fundamental question that we don’t know. It’s related to plate tectonics, but no one knows why this is occurring so far from a plate boundary. Nobody understands why these belts are located where they are.”
Posted on: Sat, 03 Jan 2015 19:49:07 +0000
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