North America 2024

Yellowstone National Park – Mammoth Hot Springs – Grand Canyon, Yellowstone

In the extensive Visitor´s Centre at Canyon Village, we spend more than an hour trying to understand more about how Yellowstone was formed. In this exhibit, there is an explanation of how the continental drift moves the crust over a mantle hotspot. Since the crust is so thin here (a mere 5-8 km, as opposed to the more usual 60-80km), the effects on the surface are more pronounced.

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