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A hydrothermal explosion is similar to a geyser's eruption except that it includes surrounding rock and mud and does not occur periodically. [ 6 ] One well-known hydrothermal geyser is Old Faithful which throws up plumes of steam and water approximately every hour and a half on average.
A hydrothermal explosion violently shook part of Yellowstone National Park's Biscuit Basin Tuesday. Here's what we know and the science behind it. Yellowstone eruption: What happened at Biscuit Basin?
Hydrothermal explosions occur when a mass of superheated water is unable to reach the surface, causing pressure underground to rise until a critical point is reached and an explosion occurs, ejecting the superheated water along with the rock.
This explosion was not considered volcanic activity. The USGS stated that the explosion resulted from water suddenly transitioning to steam in the shallow hydrothermal system beneath one of the pools.
A phreatic eruption, also called a phreatic explosion, ultravulcanian eruption or steam-blast eruption, [1] occurs when magma heats ground water or surface water. The extreme temperature of the magma (anywhere from 500 to 1,170 °C (930 to 2,100 °F)) causes near-instantaneous evaporation of water to steam , resulting in an explosion of steam ...
Yellowstone National Park’s Biscuit Basin will remain closed for the remainder of the 2024 season following a hydrothermal explosion Tuesday morning that launched debris hundreds of feet in the ...
The type of explosion that happened Tuesday involves hot water and results in “the rapid ejection of boiling water, steam, mud, and rock fragments,” according to the U.S. Geological Survey.
hydrothermal explosion, of underground water, especially Geyser eruption; Astronomy. Solar eruption or flare; Nova of a star, such as Eta Carinae's "Great Eruption ...