Analysis of Steamboat Geyser finds relationship between column height and reservoir depth
A 2019 eruption of Steamboat Geyser in the Norris Geyser Basin of Yellowstone National Park.
January 13, 2021
When Yellowstone National Park s Steamboat Geyser which shoots water higher than any active geyser in the world reawakened in 2018 after more than three years of dormancy, some speculated that it was a harbinger of possible explosive volcanic eruptions in the surrounding geyser basin.
These hydrothermal explosions can hurl mud, sand and rocks into the air and release hot steam, endangering lives. Such an explosion on White Island in New Zealand in December 2019 killed 22 people.