Subsurface tomography of Steamboat Geyser and Cistern Spring (IMAGE)

University of Utah

Subsurface tomography of Steamboat Geyser and Cistern Spring

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The outline of the Steamboat and Cistern plumbing systems with two viewing angles. The structure, color-coded by the depth, delineates the observed seismically active area during the eruption cycles. The solid star, solid square, and open triangles denote Steamboat, Cistern, and station locations on the surface, respectively.

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Courtesy of Sin-Mei Wu/University of Utah

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